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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Drew
n
  1. United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
    Synonym(s): Drew, John Drew
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Drew \Drew\, imp.
      of {Draw}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Draw \Draw\ (dr[add]), v. t. [imp. {Drew} (dr[udd]); p. p.
      {Drawn} (dr[add]n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Drawing}.] [OE.
      dra[yogh]en, drahen, draien, drawen, AS. dragan; akin to
      Icel. & Sw. draga, Dan. drage to draw, carry, and prob. to
      OS. dragan to bear, carry, D. dragen, G. tragen, Goth.
      dragan; cf. Skr. dhraj to move along, glide; and perh. akin
      to Skr. dhar to hold, bear. [root]73. Cf. 2d {Drag}, {Dray} a
      cart, 1st {Dredge}.]
      1. To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance
            of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to
            cause to follow.
  
                     He cast him down to ground, and all along Drew him
                     through dirt and mire without remorse. --Spenser.
  
                     He hastened to draw the stranger into a private
                     room.                                                --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
                     Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the
                     judgment seats?                                 --James ii. 6.
  
                     The arrow is now drawn to the head.   --Atterbury.
  
      2. To influence to move or tend toward one's self; to
            exercise an attracting force upon; to call towards itself;
            to attract; hence, to entice; to allure; to induce.
  
                     The poet Did feign that Orpheus drew trees, stones,
                     and floods.                                       --Shak.
  
                     All eyes you draw, and with the eyes the heart.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      3. To cause to come out for one's use or benefit; to extract;
            to educe; to bring forth; as:
            (a) To bring or take out, or to let out, from some
                  receptacle, as a stick or post from a hole, water from
                  a cask or well, etc.
  
                           The drew out the staves of the ark. --2 Chron.
                                                                              v. 9.
  
                           Draw thee waters for the siege.   --Nahum iii.
                                                                              14.
  
                           I opened the tumor by the point of a lancet
                           without drawing one drop of blood. --Wiseman.
            (b) To pull from a sheath, as a sword.
  
                           I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy
                           them.                                          --Ex. xv. 9.
            (c) To extract; to force out; to elicit; to derive.
  
                           Spirits, by distillations, may be drawn out of
                           vegetable juices, which shall flame and fume of
                           themselves.                                 --Cheyne.
  
                           Until you had drawn oaths from him. --Shak.
            (d) To obtain from some cause or origin; to infer from
                  evidence or reasons; to deduce from premises; to
                  derive.
  
                           We do not draw the moral lessons we might from
                           history.                                       --Burke.
            (e) To take or procure from a place of deposit; to call
                  for and receive from a fund, or the like; as, to draw
                  money from a bank.
            (f) To take from a box or wheel, as a lottery ticket; to
                  receive from a lottery by the drawing out of the
                  numbers for prizes or blanks; hence, to obtain by good
                  fortune; to win; to gain; as, he drew a prize.
            (g) To select by the drawing of lots.
  
                           Provided magistracies were filled by men freely
                           chosen or drawn.                           --Freeman.
  
      4. To remove the contents of; as:
            (a) To drain by emptying; to suck dry.
  
                           Sucking and drawing the breast dischargeth the
                           milk as fast as it can generated. --Wiseman.
            (b) To extract the bowels of; to eviscerate; as, to draw a
                  fowl; to hang, draw, and quarter a criminal.
  
                           In private draw your poultry, clean your tripe.
                                                                              --King.
  
      5. To take into the lungs; to inhale; to inspire; hence,
            also, to utter or produce by an inhalation; to heave.
            [bd]Where I first drew air.[b8] --Milton.
  
                     Drew, or seemed to draw, a dying groan. --Dryden.
  
      6. To extend in length; to lengthen; to protract; to stretch;
            to extend, as a mass of metal into wire.
  
                     How long her face is drawn!               --Shak.
  
                     And the huge Offa's dike which he drew from the
                     mouth of Wye to that of Dee.               --J. R. Green.
  
      7. To run, extend, or produce, as a line on any surface;
            hence, also, to form by marking; to make by an instrument
            of delineation; to produce, as a sketch, figure, or
            picture.
  
      8. To represent by lines drawn; to form a sketch or a picture
            of; to represent by a picture; to delineate; hence, to
            represent by words; to depict; to describe.
  
                     A flattering painter who made it his care To draw
                     men as they ought to be, not as they are.
                                                                              --Goldsmith.
  
                     Can I, untouched, the fair one's passions move, Or
                     thou draw beauty and not feel its power? --Prior.
  
      9. To write in due form; to prepare a draught of; as, to draw
            a memorial, a deed, or bill of exchange.
  
                     Clerk, draw a deed of gift.               --Shak.
  
      10. To require (so great a depth, as of water) for floating;
            -- said of a vessel; to sink so deep in (water); as, a
            ship draws ten feet of water.
  
      11. To withdraw. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
                     Go wash thy face, and draw the action. --Shak.
  
      12. To trace by scent; to track; -- a hunting term.
  
      Note: Draw, in most of its uses, retains some shade of its
               original sense, to pull, to move forward by the
               application of force in advance, or to extend in
               length, and usually expresses an action as gradual or
               continuous, and leisurely. We pour liquid quickly, but
               we draw it in a continued stream. We force compliance
               by threats, but we draw it by gradual prevalence. We
               may write a letter with haste, but we draw a bill with
               slow caution and regard to a precise form. We draw a
               bar of metal by continued beating.
  
      {To draw a bow}, to bend the bow by drawing the string for
            discharging the arrow.
  
      {To draw a cover}, to clear a cover of the game it contains.
           
  
      {To draw a curtain}, to cause a curtain to slide or move,
            either closing or unclosing. [bd]Night draws the curtain,
            which the sun withdraws.[b8] --Herbert.
  
      {To draw a line}, to fix a limit or boundary.
  
      {To draw back}, to receive back, as duties on goods for
            exportation.
  
      {To draw breath}, to breathe. --Shak.
  
      {To draw cuts} [or] {lots}. See under {Cut}, n.
  
      {To draw in}.
            (a) To bring or pull in; to collect.
            (b) To entice; to inveigle.
  
      {To draw interest}, to produce or gain interest.
  
      {To draw off}, to withdraw; to abstract. --Addison.
  
      {To draw on}, to bring on; to occasion; to cause. [bd]War
            which either his negligence drew on, or his practices
            procured.[b8] --Hayward.
  
      {To draw (one) out}, to elicit cunningly the thoughts and
            feelings of another.
  
      {To draw out}, to stretch or extend; to protract; to spread
            out. -- [bd]Wilt thou draw out thine anger to all
            generations?[b8] --Ps. lxxxv. 5. [bd]Linked sweetness long
            drawn out.[b8] --Milton.
  
      {To draw over}, to cause to come over, to induce to leave one
            part or side for the opposite one.
  
      {To draw the longbow}, to exaggerate; to tell preposterous
            tales.
  
      {To draw (one)} {to [or] on to} (something), to move, to
            incite, to induce. [bd]How many actions most ridiculous
            hast thou been drawn to by thy fantasy?[b8] --Shak.
  
      {To draw up}.
            (a) To compose in due form; to draught; to form in
                  writing.
            (b) To arrange in order, as a body of troops; to array.
                  [bd]Drawn up in battle to receive the charge.[b8]
                  --Dryden.
  
      Syn: To {Draw}, {Drag}.
  
      Usage: Draw differs from drag in this, that drag implies a
                  natural inaptitude for drawing, or positive
                  resistance; it is applied to things pulled or hauled
                  along the ground, or moved with toil or difficulty.
                  Draw is applied to all bodies moved by force in
                  advance, whatever may be the degree of force; it
                  commonly implies that some kind of aptitude or
                  provision exists for drawing. Draw is the more general
                  or generic term, and drag the more specific. We say,
                  the horses draw a coach or wagon, but they drag it
                  through mire; yet draw is properly used in both cases.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Drew, MS (city, FIPS 20020)
      Location: 33.80981 N, 90.53042 W
      Population (1990): 2349 (877 housing units)
      Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 38737
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