Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗Referring to drinks on tap, in contrast to bottled. · Referring to animals used for pulling heavy loads.
A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle. · The draw through a flue of gasses or smoke resulting from a combustion process. · An act of drinking. · The quantity of liquid (such as water, alcohol, or medicine) drunk in one swallow.
To write a first version; to make a preliminary sketch. · To draw in outline; to make a draught, sketch, or plan of, as in architectural and mechanical drawing. · To write a law. · To select (someone or something) for a particular role or purpose.
A phonetic spelling of draught (compare laughter), from Middle English draught, draght (“that which is pulled; that which is drawn up, a design”), from Old English *dreaht, *dræht, from Proto-West Germanic *drahti, *drahtu, from Proto-Germanic *drahtuz (“a pulling, drawing”). Cognate with Dutch dracht, German Tracht, Icelandic dráttur. By surface analysis, draw + -t.
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This page abbreviates 27 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
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