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1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"A fine-drawn distinction; a nicety. Also subtlety. ... The practice of making
fine-drawn distinctions; extreme niceness or refinement of discrimination; ..."
2. London Society edited by James Hogg, Florence Marryat (1879)
"This was when tapestry, being only made by hand, in pieces, had to be fine-drawn
together, and fine-drawn so delicately the piecing was never seen ; but the ..."
3. Orr's Circle of the Sciences: A Series of Treatires on the Principles of by Richard Owen, Wm S Orr, John Radford Young, Alexander Jardine, Robert Gordon Latham, Edward Smith, William Sweetland Dallas (1856)
"Lately, we have heard something of justifiable contaminations ; fine-drawn
distinctions, too, have been made between the words adulteration, deterioration, ..."
4. Float fishing and spinning in the Nottingham style by John William Martin (1885)
"... fine-drawn gut bottom or trace, about a yard long, with a loop at each end,
and a dozen or so of various-sized roach hooks, tied or whipped on single ..."
5. The Classical Museum by Leonhard Schmitz (1849)
"This is a fine-drawn argument no doubt, but it is a sufficient reply to one
equally fine-drawn. In short, it is certain that Livy meant to tell us- that the ..."
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