
The difference between and Poker is, that the player can draw from the pack as many cards as he may wish,-not exceeding five,-which must be given him by the dealer but previous to drawing he must take from his original hand the game number as he may wish to draw, and lay them in the centre of the table. To draw out "lengthen, protract" is from 1550s to draw the line in the figurative sense of "make a limit" is by 1793. Conjugate the English verb draw: indicative, past tense, participle, present perfect, gerund, conjugation models and irregular verbs. In card-playing, "to take or receive (a card)," by 1772 draw-poker is by 1850. Of a ship or boat, "to displace (a specified amount) of water," 1550s. Sense of "bring (a crowd, an audience, etc.) by inducement or attraction" is from 1580s. Meaning "select one (from a number of lots, etc.)" is from c. To draw a criminal (drag him at the tail of a horse to the place of execution) is from c. People with southern accents tend to draw out their vowels. This action could draw the dispute out for another six months. Sense of "to pull (a bowstring)" is from c. transitive to make something continue longer than usual.

Meaning "remove or extract (a weapon) by pulling" is from late 12c., originally of a sword. Sense of "make a line or figure" (by "drawing" a pencil across paper) is from c. 1200, drauen, spelling alteration of Old English dragan "to drag, to draw, protract" (class VI strong verb past tense drog, past participle dragen), from Proto-Germanic *draganan "to draw, pull" (source also of Old Norse draga "to draw, drag, pull," Old Saxon dragan "to carry," Old Frisian drega, draga, Middle Dutch draghen "to carry, bring, throw," Old High German tragan "carry, bring, lead," German tragen "to carry, bear"), from PIE root *dhregh- (see drag (v.)). "give motion to by the act of pulling," c.
