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Drafting   /drˈæftɪŋ/   Listen
Drafting

noun
1.
Writing a first version to be filled out and polished later.
2.
The craft of drawing blueprints.  Synonym: mechanical drawing.
3.
The creation of artistic pictures or diagrams.  Synonyms: draftsmanship, drawing.



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"Drafting" Quotes from Famous Books



... a large, self-willed mouth and dark Bohemian hair, and wore a dreary cotton kimono over a silk petticoat whose past had been lurid. One hand clutched gingerly a bottle of India ink, the other wielded a scratchy steel drafting-pen. ...
— Nobody • Louis Joseph Vance
... responsibility, and immediately proceeded with the work of drafting a bill for that purpose. Two plans had been discussed, each of which had strong supporters and advocates. One plan was so to apportion the State as to make all of the districts Republican; but in doing so the majority in at least two of the districts would be quite small. The other ...
— The Facts of Reconstruction • John R. Lynch
... negotiate with the British commissioners for the exchange of prisoners; before the battle of Springfield he was sent out to reconnoitre. Otherwise his days were taken up bombarding the Congress with letters representing the necessity of drafting troops to meet ...
— The Conqueror • Gertrude Franklin Atherton


Words linked to "Drafting" :   tracing, trade, draft, writing, craft, art, artistic creation, penning, composition, pyrography, authorship, artistic production


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