DRAW, in the sea-language. A ship is said to draw so much water, according to the number of feet she sinks into it; so that if a ship sink into the water eighteen feet perpendicularly, she is said to draw eighteen feet water; and according as she draws more or less, she is said to be of more or less draught.
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