noun
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the quality or act of pulling a person or thing towards by exerting force on; attraction.
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the act of drawing the bow-string for shooting an arrow.
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a weapon made of a flexible strip of wood, etc. strung from end to end with a cord, used for shooting arrows; a bow.
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the act one's mind, attention being drawn towards by arousing interest; fascination.
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a game played with dice, and on a chequered cloth with usu. twelve pawns.
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a small cube, each of whose sides marked with spots (from 1 to 6), used in games of chance; dice.
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the chequered cloth or plank to play on with pawns and dice.
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a pawn used to play in dice-game.
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any of the sensory organs of the body.
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that which has the quality and power of attracting iron or bodies that are magnetised or capable of being magnetised; a magnet.
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a kind of poisonous plant.
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the hand of an archer that pulls the bow-string.
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the stone on which the goldsmith's rub the gold ornaments to test their genuineness.