casting of draperies

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casting of draperies - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Drapery \Dra"per*y\, n.; pl. Draperies. [F. draperie.]
     1. The occupation of a draper; cloth-making, or dealing in
        cloth. --Bacon.
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     2. Cloth, or woolen stuffs in general.
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              People who ought to be weighing out grocery or
              measuring out drapery.                --Macaulay.
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     3. A textile fabric used for decorative purposes, especially
        when hung loosely and in folds carefully disturbed; as:
        (a) Garments or vestments of this character worn upon the
            body, or shown in the representations of the human
            figure in art.
        (b) Hangings of a room or hall, or about a bed.
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                  Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch
                  About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
                                                    --Bryant.
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                  All the decent drapery of life is to be rudely
                  torn off.                         --Burke.
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     Casting of draperies. See under Casting.
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              The casting of draperies . . . is one of the most
              important of an artist's studies.     --Fairholt.
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  Casting \Cast"ing\, n.
     1. The act of one who casts or throws, as in fishing.
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     2. The act or process of making casts or impressions, or of
        shaping metal or plaster in a mold; the act or the process
        of pouring molten metal into a mold.
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     3. That which is cast in a mold; esp. the mass of metal so
        cast; as, a casting in iron; bronze casting.
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     4. The warping of a board. --Brande & C.
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     5. The act of casting off, or that which is cast off, as
        skin, feathers, excrement, etc.
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     Casting of draperies, the proper distribution of the folds
        of garments, in painting and sculpture.
  
     Casting line (Fishing), the leader; also, sometimes applied
        to the long reel line.
  
     Casting net, a net which is cast and drawn, in distinction
        from a net that is set and left.
  
     Casting voice, Casting vote, the decisive vote of a
        presiding officer, when the votes of the assembly or house
        are equally divided. "When there was an equal vote, the
        governor had the casting voice." --B. Trumbull.
  
     Casting weight, a weight that turns a balance when exactly
        poised.
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