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  • draw hand
    [W Car.] v. phr. to make a leading or beckoning gesture: He draw his hand to the bush. (Nassau, Mayag.)
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  • drawers
    /drohz/ [OED, a term of low origin, which has risen into general use; in US usually considered merely archaic or
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  • draw down
    [cf. OED draw to withdraw to one side] v. phr. to move over on a bench to make room for
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  • draw (2)
    [cf. v.t. to draw (lots) + passivization] v.i. (of ASUE) to become due; to be a participant's turn: My asue
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  • draw (1)
    [Atlantic; Brit. dial. South draw brew (tea) (Orton L42); GED, to extract by infusion] v. to make (tea, coffee, chocolate):
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  • drains
    (Eleu., San Sal.); drams (Inagua, Mayag.) n. dregs. = DRAGS, DRUGS
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  • drain
    /dreyn/; drean, dreen /driyn/ [W Car., Gul. idem ADD; cf. Brit. dial. dreen to drip EDD; OED drain let fall
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  • drags
    [cf. DREG to drag; probably by hypercorrection (Hancock p.c.); cf. Bermuda draggy full of dregs ADD] n. dregs. = DRAINS,
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  • draft
    /draf/ [Vir. idem (Seaman); OED draught current of air, esp, in a confined place; def. 1 seems to derive from
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  • draffy
    [cf. Gul draffy drafty (Writers' Program 1940:57); cf. draft and OED draughty abounding in currents of air] adj. 1. (of
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