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Rh (d. 18. Fr.) and,  II 2 a, current, under-draw, , undercurrent. — 3) With and : d., in the phrase “he is drawin’ at de ”, the end of the fishing-line has chanced to stick fast to the sea-bottom , tabu-term at sea in boat-fishing, doubtless (as the thought is often veiled or expressed approximately in such tabu-phrases): the line is approaching the sea-bottom; draga(sk) at, to approach. — d. [‘down’]: a) to pull the teats of a cow repeatedly before milking; b) he is drawin’ him doon to night, the night is coming down. — d. [‘from’], a) to draw up the long-line a little from the sea-bottom , draga frá; b) in sailing or rowing a boat: to bear from, to run clear of the breaking waves. — d., to put on an article of clothing,  a new or rarely used garment; to d. on a new ; see “drawin”, , and “on-draw”, — d.  (op to): a) to d. anesell [‘oneself’] op, to approach, he drew him [‘himself’] op to de hoose ; b) of time: he draws (is drawin’) him op to twall [‘twelve’], noon, twelve o’ clock, is drawing near, he draws him op to, Christmas is drawing near;  draga(sk) at, to draw near, approach, : draga at, to get near to a certain time (Fr.). — d. : a) to “d. ower” de tows, to overhaul the ropes; b) to d. anesell [‘oneself’] ower, to begin courting ; he drew him ower to so and so (sicc and sicc a lass; sicc = ‘such’). — d. [tø̄], to steer the boat up into the wind, on a change of wind. — d., to draw out, make long-drawn; to d. upo de words, to drawl, to speak very slowly, draga paa maalet. — d. : a) to take fish out of brine, to wash and prepare it; b) : to d. ut upo(n) ane, to excite a kind of preternatural preter- natural anxiety in one; hit [‘it’] began to d. ut upo me, I began to be anxious.'' — Besides the anglicised form “draw”, are found the Norn forms [drāg] and  [drōg],, but with a more limited application.

drawel(s),, see ,

drawin [drâɩn],, a garment, worn only on certain occasions, = “on-draw”,

draw-sten [drâ··sten·],, 1) a round, disk-shaped grindstone turning in a box made for the purpose, and used for sharpening scythes ; is the same word as dra(g)sten, a grindstone on an axle with a handle (Ri.). 2) , “draw-stens”, stones forming the outer edges of the gable of a house, = “wind-skew$n$”; de draw-stens o’ de gavle [‘gable’].

dredl, dredel [drēdəl, drē$h$dəl], , 1) to walk with something trailing behind, draggle, to d. de petticoat . 2) to hang low, and trailing, of a garment; yon coat o’ dine is ower de grund. 3) to vibrate; tremble, used of a slurred sound, on a fiddle; a soond [‘sound’];  — In  is used; a) and c),  [drȯtəl] in the senses 2 and 3, set forth above. — , ,  are parallel forms to , , ; In , dratla, , may denote a sound: to rattle; to roll, of small, falling objects.  , , of which  is really another form with a somewhat deviating meaning.
 * b), [drɩdəl],

dredlet [drē$h$dlət],, that trails something, garments, behind while walking, a d. human. of ,

drefl, drefel,, see ,

dreg [dreg, drɛg],, to troll with a fishing-tine, to keep the line