draw and quarter — verb pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes • Syn: ↑draw, ↑quarter • Derivationally related forms: ↑quarter (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
draw and quarter — {v. phr.}, {literary} 1. To execute someone in the barbaric medieval fashion of having him torn into four pieces by four horses tearing his body in four different directions. * /The captured foreign marauders were drawn and quartered by the angry … Dictionary of American idioms
draw and quarter — {v. phr.}, {literary} 1. To execute someone in the barbaric medieval fashion of having him torn into four pieces by four horses tearing his body in four different directions. * /The captured foreign marauders were drawn and quartered by the angry … Dictionary of American idioms
draw and quarter — Synonyms and related words: defoliate, denude, dismember, flay, grill, impale, keelhaul, lacerate, maim, mangle, mutilate, peel, pick to pieces, picket, pull apart, rack, shred, skin, strip, take apart, tar and feather, tear apart, tear to pieces … Moby Thesaurus
draw and quarter — verb a) To execute a person by tying each limb to an animal and driving them in different directions. b) To severely punish or criticize someone … Wiktionary
hang, draw and quarter — To hang (a person), cut him or her down while still alive, disembowel and cut him or her into pieces for exposure at different places (earlier, draw, hang and quarter to drag on a hurdle or otherwise to the place of execution, then hang and… … Useful english dictionary
draw, hang and quarter — see under ↑hang • • • Main Entry: ↑draw … Useful english dictionary
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.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
draw — [drô] vt. drew, drawn, drawing [ME drawen < OE dragan, akin to ON draga, to drag, Ger tragen, to bear, carry < IE base * dherāgh , to pull, draw along > L trahere, to pull, draw] I indicating traction 1. to make move toward one or along… … English World dictionary
draw — v. & n. v. (past drew; past part. drawn) 1 tr. pull or cause to move towards or after one. 2 tr. pull (a thing) up, over, or across. 3 tr. pull (curtains etc.) open or shut. 4 tr. take (a person) aside, esp. to talk to. 5 tr. attract; bring to… … Useful english dictionary
