Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DRAWN
DRAWN, pp. [See Draw.]
- Pulled; hauled; allured; attracted; delineated; extended; extracted; derived; deduced; written.
- Equal, where each party takes his own stake; as, a drawn game.
- Having equal advantage, and neither party is victory; as, a drawn battle.
- With a sword drawn. – Shak.
- Moved aside, as a curtain; unclosed, or closed.
- Eviscerated; as, a drawn fox. – Shak.
- Induced, as by a motive; as, men are drawn together by similar views, or by motives of interest. Drawn and quartered, drawn on a sled, and cut into quarters.
Return to page 192 of the letter “D”.