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drawing-in
[ draw-ing-in ]
noun
, plural draw·ings-in.
- the act or process of threading warp ends through the heddle eyes of the harness and the dents of the reed according to a given plan for weaving a fabric.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of drawing-in1
1835–45; draw in + -ing 1
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Example Sentences
The evening was drawing-in, cold and windy; and suddenly remembering that he must be back by tea-time, he rose up to return.
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The drawing-in of the carriage in a sense causes the other two operations to be performed.
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Across the room at one of the "drawing-in frames" I see the figure of an unusally pretty girl with curly dark hair.
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The world knows not—cares not—for its tiny life is but a thread in the warp of the great Drawing-in Machine.
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I, ah—” began Kingsley—“Er—well, I never heard of a beginner starting on a drawing-in machine.
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