drawer
    n 1: a boxlike container in a piece of furniture; made so as to
         slide in and out
    2: the person who writes a check or draft instructing the drawee
       to pay someone else
    3: an artist skilled at drawing [syn: draftsman, drawer]

drawer \draw"er\, n.
   1. One who, or that which, draws; as:
      (a) One who draws liquor for guests; a waiter in a
          taproom. --Shak.
      (b) One who delineates or depicts; a draughtsman; as, a
          good drawer.
      (c) (Law) One who draws a bill of exchange or order for
          payment; -- the correlative of drawee.
          [1913 Webster]

   2. That which is drawn; as:
      (a) A sliding box or receptacle in a case, which is opened
          by pulling or drawing out, and closed by pushing in.
      (b) pl. An under-garment worn on the lower limbs.
          [1913 Webster]

   Chest of drawers. See under Chest.
      [1913 Webster]

DRAWER, contracts. The party who makes a bill of exchange.
     2. The obligations of the drawer to the drawee and every subsequent 
holder lawfully entitled to the possession, are, that the person on whom he 
draws is capable of binding himself by his acceptance that he is to be found 
at the place where he is described to reside, if a description be given in 
the bill; that if the bill be duly presented to him, he will accept in 
writing on the bill itself, according to its tenor, and that he will pay it 
when it becomes due, if presented in proper time for that purpose; and that 
if the drawee fail to do either, he, the drawer, will pay the amount, 
provided he have due notice of the dishonor. 3. The engagement of the drawer 
of a bill is in all its parts absolute and irrevocable. 2 H. Bl. 378; 3 B. & 
P. 291; Poth. Contr. de Change, n. 58; Chit. Bills, 214, Dane's Ab. h.t.