indraw

Definitions

The act or process of drawing inward.

Examples

“Yet never, in my gayest hour of Being, Was I so sanguine as to deem my fate Would with each longing of impatient Hope⟳ Each gasp and indraw of the hasty breath Sparkle like⟳ Oroonoko* in a tube,”

“The centre line of this area is the limit⟳ of the ordinary influence⟳ of the equatorial indraw, but when great disturbances take⟳ place⟳, the indraw extends further south, and the upper current becomes intensified, bringing violent south-easters over;...”

“The maximum reversal or indraw was measured when a straight line of fire, at right angles to the prevailing wind direction and over 100 m long, approached the anemometers at around l.lm/s. The fire created an indraw of 1.5 m/s directly towards the fire for 64 seconds, at a distance of 40-100 m ahead of the flames.”

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