2. a protruding abdomen. [ informal ]
Syn. -- belly, paunch, pot, potbelly, corporation, tummy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. stormy; affected by storms; -- of weather, used prenominally. calm
Syn. -- billowy, surging. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Bowing constitutes a principal part of the art of the violinist, the violist, etc. J. W. Moore. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In hatmaking, the act or process of separating and distributing the fur or hair by means of a bow, to prepare it for felting. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The quantity brewed at once. [ 1913 Webster ]

A brewing of new beer, set by old beer. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A mixing together. [ 1913 Webster ]

I am not able to avouch anything for certainty, such a brewing and sophistication of them they make. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Naut.) A gathering or forming of a storm or squall, indicated by thick, dark clouds. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This theory was put forth by Darwin in 1859 in a work entitled “The Origin of species by Means of Natural Selection.” The author argues that, in the struggle for existence, those plants and creatures best fitted to the requirements of the situation in which they are placed are the ones that will live; in other words, that Nature selects those which are to survive. This is the theory of natural selection or the survival of the fittest. He also argues that natural selection is capable of modifying and producing organisms fit for their circumstances. See Development theory, under Development. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act or the art of representing any object by means of lines and shades; especially, such a representation when in one color, or in tints used not to represent the colors of natural objects, but for effect only, and produced with hard material such as pencil, chalk, etc.; delineation; also, the figure or representation drawn. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The process of stretching or spreading metals as by hammering, or, as in forming wire from rods or tubes and cups from sheet metal, by pulling them through dies. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Textile Manuf.) The process of pulling out and elongating the sliver from the carding machine, by revolving rollers, to prepare it for spinning. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The distribution of prizes and blanks in a lottery. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Drawing is used adjectively or as the first part of compounds in the sense of pertaining to drawing, for drawing (in the sense of pulling, and of pictorial representation); as, drawing master or drawing-master, drawing knife or drawing-knife, drawing machine, drawing board, drawing paper, drawing pen, drawing pencil, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

A drawing of tea, a small portion of tea for steeping. --
Drawing knife. See in the Vocabulary. --
Drawing paper (Fine Arts), a thick, sized paper for draughtsman and for water-color painting. --
Drawing slate, a soft, slaty substance used in crayon drawing; -- called also black chalk, or drawing chalk. --
Free-hand drawing, a style of drawing made without the use of guiding or measuring instruments, as distinguished from mechanical or geometrical drawing; also, a drawing thus executed. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Carp.) A tool used for the purpose of making an incision along the path a saw is to follow, to prevent it from tearing the surface of the wood. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The company assembled in such a room; also, a reception of company in it; as, to hold a drawing-room. [ 1913 Webster ]

He [ Johnson ] would amaze a drawing-room by suddenly ejaculating a clause of the Lord's Prayer. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Drawing-room car. See Palace car, under Car. [ 1913 Webster ]

Weary sennights nine times nine
Shall he dwindle, peak and pine. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Religious societies, though begun with excellent intentions,
are said to have dwindled into factious clubs. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our drooping days are dwindled down to naught. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To break; to disperse. [ R. ] Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]