drawn butter n 1: butter made clear by heating and removing the sediment of milk solids [syn: {clarified butter}, {drawn butter}]
Drawn \Drawn\, p. p. & a. See {Draw}, v. t. & i. [1913 Webster] {Drawn butter}, butter melter and prepared to be used as a sort of gravy. {Drawn fowl}, an eviscerated fowl. {Drawn game} or {Drawn battle}, one in which neither party wins; one equally contested. {Drawn fox}, one driven from cover. --Shak. {Drawn work}, ornamental work made by drawing out threads from fine cloth, and uniting the cross threads, to form a pattern. [1913 Webster]