casting of draperies

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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