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Definition of Drawing off
1. Noun. Act of getting or draining something such as electricity or a liquid from a source. "The drawing of water from the well"
Specialized synonyms: Derivation, Derivation
Generic synonyms: Drain
Derivative terms: Draw
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drawing Off
Literary usage of Drawing off
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"got at a cask of rum, and in drawing off the spirit set it on fire. Wyvill volunteered
for the service, and, with one of the gunner's mates, ..."
2. The Confessions of an English Opium-eater by Thomas De Quincey (1913)
"agitation of the storm have not wholly subsided; the legions that encamped in
them are drawing off, but not departed; my sleep is still tumultuous; and, ..."
3. Mining Engineers' Handbook by Robert Peele (1918)
"a ant be broken from top to bottom; drawing-off drifts below unbroken blocks ...
The drawing-off level is advantage '.At iiu pressure off the haulage level, ..."
4. The Poet at the Breakfast-table: He Talks with His Fellow-boarders and the by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1891)
"May no contractor fill his pockets by undertaking to fill thee, tb.ou granite-
girdled lakelet, or drain the civic purse by drawing off thy waters! ..."
5. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"... who should have swung clear of the second division, had stepped on its tail
in the dark, but, drawing off, hastened to reach the next line of attack, ..."
6. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines: Containing a Clear Exposition by Andrew Ure (1844)
"... of drawing off a small quantity of beer, to taste and try its quality. A is
a l»rt of the stave or thickness of the great store vat; into this the tube ..."
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