Fine-drawn

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Finedraw \Fine"draw`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Finedrawn}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Finedrawing}.]
     To sew up, so nicely that the seam is not perceived; to
     renter. --Marryat.
     [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Finedrawn \Fine"drawn`\, a.
     Drawn out with too much subtilty; overnice; as, finedrawn
     speculations.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fine-drawn
       adj : drawn out to extreme thinness; "fine-drawn features";
             "fine-drawn wire"

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fine-drawn
       See {fine-draw}