Free-hand: alternatives and connections

Protection; patronage and care; guidance.

Pertaining to, or produced by, an automaton; of the nature of an automaton; self-acting or self-regulating under fixed conditions; --…

A number of musicians who play together upon portable musical instruments, especially those making a loud sound, as certain wind instr…

Buoys, taken collectively; a series of buoys, as for the guidance of vessels into or out of port; the providing of buoys.

The operation of drawing blood to or from the surface of the person by forming a partial vacuum over the spot. Also, sometimes, a simi…

A contrivance for producing manifold copies of writing or drawing. The writing or drawing is done with a style carrying a small wheel…

That which is done or effected by a responsible agent; an act; an action; a thing done; -- a word of extensive application, including,…

The act of representing, portraying, or describing, as by lines, diagrams, sketches, etc.; drawing an outline; as, the delineation of…

Any simple drawing made for mathematical or scientific purposes, or to assist a verbal explanation which refers to it; a mechanical dr…

The art or science of descriptive drawing; especially, the art or science of drawing by mechanical appliances and mathematical rule.

The act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding, or ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; as, the dire…

To draw slowly or heavily onward; to pull along the ground by main force; to haul; to trail; -- applied to drawing heavy or resisting…

A joiner's tool having a blade with a handle at each end, used to shave off surfaces, by drawing it toward one; a shave; -- called als…

The assertion or statement of a thing done or existing; sometimes, even when false, improperly put, by a transfer of meaning, for the…

A drawing made with it. See Charcoal, n. 2, and Charcoal drawing, under Charcoal.

guidance for prospective parents on the likelihood of genetic disorders in their future children

The art or the science of drawing; esp. of drawing according to mathematical rules, as in perspective, projection, and the like.

A short line used in drawing and engraving, especially in shading and denoting different surfaces, as in map drawing. See Hatching.