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indraught
/ ˈɪ²ÔËŒ»å°ùÉ‘Ë´Ú³Ù /
noun
- the act of drawing or pulling in
- an inward flow, esp of air
Example Sentences
The truth is that if we cannot check the indraught to the cities, we can, if we choose, make homes for those who come, and at a profit on the investment.
"She'll be feeling the indraught now—it's running ebb," he said.
Indraught, in′dr�ft, n. a drawing of something, as air, into a place.
E. receptive, expansive, as if handling life through a wide funnel with a great indraught; S. as if through a pin-point orifice that emits his cooling spray outward over the universe like a nose-disinfectant from an "atomizer."
But by this time they found their mistake, for the current, which I mentioned, was nothing but a strong tide of flood, which, the indraught of the river being considerable, ran up with a very great force, and in something less than an hour the brigantine floated again.
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