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deep-draw

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[deep-draw] / ˈdipˈdrɔ /

verb (used with object)

Metalworking.
deep-drew, deep-drawn, deep-drawing
  1. to form (tubing, containers, etc.) by pulling strip or sheet metal between suitably formed and spaced dies.


Etymology

Origin of deep-draw

First recorded in 1920–25

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To Tenedos they come, And the deep-drawing barks do there disgorge Their warlike fraughtage.

From Dramatic Technique by Baker, George Pierce

To Tenedos they come, And the deep-drawing barks do there disgorge Their war-like fraughtage.

From Troilus and Cressida by Shakespeare, William

But a deep-drawn breath was the only answer, and he again went on silently reading.

From The Golden Galleon BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES OF MASTER GILBERT OGLANDER, AND OF HOW, IN THE YEAR 1591, HE FOUGHT UNDER THE GALLANT SIR by Leighton, Robert

Suzanne said nothing, but the edges of her small upper teeth set close on her under lip, and her nostrils quivered with a deep-drawn breath.

From Miss Maitland Private Secretary by Bonner, Geraldine

And when the sweet womanly tones at last broke and choked into deep-drawn sobs, his soul and body seemed no longer his own.

From Comrades A Story of Social Adventure in California by Dixon, Thomas

Oh!" said Peggy, with a deep-drawn breath, "I see.

From Little Miss Peggy Only a Nursery Story by Molesworth, Mrs.

"If it can't be, it can't!" said Libor, with a deep-drawn sigh.

From 'Neath the Hoof of the Tartar The Scourge of God by J?sika, Mikl?s

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