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DRAW(Direct Read After Write) Reading data immediately after it has been written to check for recording errors. draw 1. US and Canadian a small natural drainage way or gully 2. a defect found in metal castings due to the contraction of the metal on solidification draw [drȯ] (engineering) To haul a load. (metallurgy) A fissure or pocket in a casting formed when the supply of molten metal is inadequate during solidification. To remove a pattern from a foundry flask. (mining engineering) To remove timber supports, allowing overhanging coal to fall down for collection. To allow ore to run down chutes from stopes, chambers, or ore bins. To collect broken coal in trucks. To hoist coal, rock, ore, or other materials to the surface. The horizontal distance to which creep extends on the surface beyond the stopes. DRAW [drȯ] (computer science) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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He said the Lakers would have to cut their throats, behead them, disembowel them, draw and quarter them, take away their library cards. Michael Finger, a former World Bank economist, has remarked that the logic of the world body apparently is: "We're going to draw and quarter Bill Easterly so that the others will stay in line. YOU MAY WANT TO DRAW AND QUARTER THEM, BUT THE BEST CARTOONISTS CAN MAKE YOU LAUGH AND THINK |
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