Bible Dictionaries
Protraction

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The act or process of making a plot on paper.

(2):

(n.) A drawing out, or continuing; the act of delaying the termination of a thing; prolongation; continuance; delay; as, the protraction of a debate.

(3):

(n.) A plot on paper.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Protraction'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/protraction.html. 1828.