Koestler: drawing pain

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Marius Hancu - 13 Feb 2010 20:03 GMT

Hello:

What could be the meaning of "drawing" here?

Also, "defective" seems to me too technical.

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[Bad, painful tooth]

He felt a slight drawing pain in his upper jaw; probably the defective
eye-tooth.

Arthur Koestler, Darkness at Noon, p. 45
Tr. Daphne Hardy
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Marius Hancu

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Peter Duncanson (BrE) - 13 Feb 2010 20:27 GMT

>Hello:
>
>What could be the meaning of "drawing" here?

I think it suggests "pulling" or "dragging". (Whatever that might mean
in relation to a tooth pain.)

>Also, "defective" seems to me too technical.

"Defective" does seem a bit formal.

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>[Bad, painful tooth]
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>Tr. Daphne Hardy
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Peter Duncanson, UK
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tony cooper - 13 Feb 2010 20:55 GMT

>Hello:
>
[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
>Arthur Koestler, Darkness at Noon, p. 45
>Tr. Daphne Hardy

I don't know if I can clearly explain it, but I understand it because
I've been there. Sometimes, if an upper tooth is infected, there's a
painful sensation up in the sinus area that feels like the tooth is
sucking. Root canal time.

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Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida

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Marius Hancu - 14 Feb 2010 09:29 GMT

> >What could be the meaning of "drawing" here?
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[quoted text clipped - 13 lines]
> painful sensation up in the sinus area that feels like the tooth is
> sucking. Root canal time.

Interesting.

Thank you both.
Marius Hancu

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Koestler: drawing pain