To stiffen with or as if with buckram.
A coarse cloth of cotton, linen or hemp, stiffened with size or glue, used in bookbinding to cover and protect the books, in garments to keep them in the form intended, and for wrappers to cover merchandise.
A plant, Allium ursinum, also called ramson, wild garlic, or bear garlic.
To pull (a belt or other item) so that it tightens or wraps around something more closely.
To take (air, smoke etc.) into the lungs; to inhale.
To provoke or attract (a particular response or reaction).
To hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so that it is deflected toward the left.
To take (water) from a well or other source.
To strike (the cue ball) below the center so as to give it a backward rotation which causes it to take a backward direction on striking another ball.
To receive (a salary); to withdraw (money) from a bank etc.
To elicit information from (someone); to induce (a person) to speak on some subject. (Now frequently in passive.)
To pull out, unsheathe (a sword, firearm etc.).
To make (wire) by pulling it through an aperture; to stretch (metal) into a wire.
To move steadily in a particular direction or into a specific position.
To extract (a tooth).
To take or be dealt a playing card from the deck. See also draw out.
To pull (something) in a particular manner or direction.
To call forth (something) from a person, to elicit.
To take or be dealt (a card) from the deck; to have (a particular hand) as a result of this.
To make a shot that lands gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones.
To attract (something) by means of a physical force, especially magnetism or gravity; (figurative) to act as an inducement or enticement.
To come to, towards (a particular moment in time); to approach (a time).
To produce (a shape, figure, picture etc.) with pencil, crayon, chalk, or other implement.
To cause (someone) to come to a particular place, condition, or course of action; to attract (a person).
To conduct (a lottery); to select (the numbers) for a lottery; to win (a prize) in a lottery.
To depict (something) linguistically; to portray in words.
To produce a visual representation of (a person or thing) by lines and marks with pencil, pen, paints etc.
To drag (a person, thing, or part of the body), especially along the ground.
To move (a part of one's body) in a particular direction.
To stretch or elongate.
To deduce or infer (a conclusion); to make (a deduction).
To draw up, compose (a document).
To have a draught; to allow air to be passed through in order to allow for combustion.
To induce (the mind, eyes, attention etc.) to be directed at or focused on something.
To cause (something); to bring (something) about as a consequence.
To become contracted; to shrink.
To pull (a curtain, blinds etc.) open or closed.
To assume a specific position or attitude.
To require (a depth of water) for floating.
To pull back (the string of a bow) in preparation for shooting.
To pull (one's face, features) out of shape, from emotion etc.
Of a sail, to fill with wind.
To select (an item) at random to decide which of a group of people will receive or undergo something; to select (a person) by this process.
To disembowel (someone); to remove the viscera from (an animal), especially before cooking.
To end a game in a draw (with neither side winning).
To steep; to leave (tea) temporarily in water to allow the flavour to increase.
To run (a bath).
To produce an image of something by artistic means; to make drawings.
To take (something) from a particular source, especially of information; to derive.
To pull (a plough, vehicle etc.); to cause (something) to move forwards by pulling it.
To extract (juice, fluids etc.) from something by pressure, osmosis or similar.
To play (a short-length ball directed at the leg stump) with an inclined bat so as to deflect the ball between the legs and the wicket.
To consume (power).
A dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding.
The act of drawing.
The act of pulling back the strings in preparation of firing.
Something that attracts e.g. a crowd.
Cannabis.
The spin or twist imparted to a ball etc. by a drawing stroke.
The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined.
A shot that is intended to land gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones; cf. takeout.
A bag of cannabis.
Draft in the sense of the flow through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process, possibly adjustable with a damper.
The result of a two-innings match in which at least one side did not complete all their innings before time ran out (as distinguished from a tie).
A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the left. See hook, slice, fade.
In a commission-based job, an advance on future (potential) commissions given to an employee by the employer.
A situation in which one or more players has four cards of the same suit or four out of five necessary cards for a straight and requires a further card to make their flush or straight.
The result of a contest that neither side has won; a tie.