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Draught   /dræft/   Listen
noun
Draught  n.  
1.
The act of drawing or pulling; as:
(a)
The act of moving loads by drawing, as by beasts of burden, and the like. "A general custom of using oxen for all sort of draught would be, perhaps, the greatest improvement."
(b)
The drawing of a bowstring. (Obs.) "She sent an arrow forth with mighty draught."
(c)
Act of drawing a net; a sweeping the water for fish. "Upon the draught of a pond, not one fish was left."
(d)
The act of drawing liquor into the mouth and throat; the act of drinking. "In his hands he took the goblet, but a while the draught forbore."
(e)
A sudden attack or drawing upon an enemy. (Obs.) "By drawing sudden draughts upon the enemy when he looketh not for you."
(f)
(Mil.) The act of selecting or detaching soldiers; a draft (see Draft, n., 2)
(g)
The act of drawing up, marking out, or delineating; representation.
2.
That which is drawn; as:
(a)
That which is taken by sweeping with a net. "Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught." "He laid down his pipe, and cast his net, which brought him a very great draught."
(b)
(Mil.) The force drawn; a detachment; in this sense usually written draft.
(c)
The quantity drawn in at once in drinking; a potion or potation. "Disguise thyself as thou wilt, still, Slavery,... still thou art a bitter draught." "Low lies that house where nut-brown draughts inspired."
(d)
A sketch, outline, or representation, whether written, designed, or drawn; a delineation. "A draught of a Toleration Act was offered to the Parliament by a private member." "No picture or draught of these things from the report of the eye."
(e)
(Com.) An order for the payment of money; in this sense almost always written draft.
(f)
A current of air moving through an inclosed place, as through a room or up a chimney. "He preferred to go and sit upon the stairs, in... a strong draught of air, until he was again sent for."
3.
That which draws; as:
(a)
A team of oxen or horses.
(b)
A sink or drain; a privy.
(c)
pl. (Med.) A mild vesicatory; a sinapism; as, to apply draughts to the feet.
4.
Capacity of being drawn; force necessary to draw; traction. "The Hertfordshire wheel plow... is of the easiest draught."
5.
(Naut.) The depth of water necessary to float a ship, or the depth a ship sinks in water, especially when laden; as, a ship of twelve feet draught.
6.
(Com.) An allowance on weighable goods. (Eng.) See Draft, 4.
7.
A move, as at chess or checkers. (Obs.)
8.
The bevel given to the pattern for a casting, in order that it may be drawn from the sand without injury to the mold.
9.
(Masonry) See Draft, n., 7.
Angle of draught, the angle made with the plane over which a body is drawn by the line in which the pulling force acts, when the latter has the direction best adapted to overcome the obstacles of friction and the weight of the body.
Black draught. See under Black, a.
Blast draught, or Forced draught, the draught produced by a blower, as by blowing in air beneath a fire or drawing out the gases from above it.
Natural draught, the draught produced by the atmosphere flowing, by its own weight, into a chimney wherein the air is rarefied by heat.
On draught, so as to be drawn from the wood (as a cask, barrel, etc.) in distinction from being bottled; as, ale on draught.
Sheer draught. See under Sheer.


adjective
Draught  adj.  
1.
Used for drawing vehicles, loads, etc.; as, a draught beast; draught hooks.
2.
Relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of air.
3.
Used in making drawings; as, draught compasses.
4.
Drawn directly from the barrel, or other receptacle, in distinction from bottled; on draught; said of ale, cider, and the like. Note: This word, especially in the first and second meanings, is often written draft, a spelling which is approved by many authorities.
Draught box. See Draught tube, below.
Draught engine (Mining), an engine used for pumping, raising heavy weights, and the like.
Draught hook (Mil.), one of the hooks on a cannon carriage, used in drawing the gun backward and forward.
Draught horse, a horse employed in drawing loads, plowing, etc., as distinguished from a saddle horse or carriage horse.
Draught net, a seine or hauling net.
Draught ox, an ox employed in hauling loads, plowing, etc.
Draught tube (Water Wheels), an air-tight pipe extending downward into the tailrace from a turbine wheel located above it, to make the whole fall available; called also draught box.


verb
Draught  v. t.  (past & past part. draughted; pres. part. draughting)  
1.
To draw out; to call forth. See Draft.
2.
To diminish or exhaust by drawing. (R.) "The Parliament so often draughted and drained."
3.
To draw in outline; to make a draught, sketch, or plan of, as in architectural and mechanical drawing.
Draughting room, a room draughtsmen to work in, and where plans are kept.





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"Draught" Quotes from Famous Books



... nothing of all this, but Berenice and Coralie could not refuse to allow Hector Merlin to see his dying comrade, and Hector Merlin made him drink, drop by drop, the whole of the bitter draught brewed by the failure of Fendant and Cavalier, made bankrupts by his first ill-fated book. Martainville, the one friend who stood by Lucien through thick and thin, had written a magnificent article on his work; but so great was the general exasperation against the editor of L'Aristarque, ...
— A Distinguished Provincial at Paris • Honore de Balzac
... himself with the beautiful things and people of this life. One presumed him rich, for one was never aware of money in his presence. Life moved round him with a certain noiseless ease or stood still at a perfect temperature, like the air in a conservatory round a choice blossom which a draught might shrivel. ...
— The Best British Short Stories of 1922 • Edward J. O'Brien and John Cournos, editors
... he was, kicking and stamping whenever the boy went near him. 'Your boy's got too heavy a hand, Deacon Jones,' said I, when he described the horse's actions to me. 'You may depend upon it, a four-legged creature, unlike a two-legged one, has a reason for everything he does.' 'But he's only a draught horse,' said Deacon Jones. 'Draught horse or no draught horse,' said I, 'you're describing a horse with a tender skin to me, and I don't care if he's as big as an elephant.' Well, the old man grumbled and said he didn't ...
— Beautiful Joe • Marshall Saunders
... good girl, Babette, but she,— She was an Angel, verily. Sometimes I think I see her yet Stand smiling by the cabinet; And once, I know, she peeped and laughed Betwixt the curtains... Where's the draught? (She gives him a cup) Now I shall sleep, I think, Babette;— Sing ...
— The Home Book of Verse, Vol. 4 (of 4) • Various
... that morning, he found them there. There was a package of several thousand pages; and upon examining them, he found to his utter consternation that they contained a complete bill of complaint, with all the necessary references and citations, and a preliminary draught of a brief—in short, a complete and thoroughgoing preparation of his case. There could not have been less than ten or fifteen thousand dollars' worth of work in the papers; and Montague sat quite aghast, turning over the neatly typewritten sheets. He could indeed afford to attend Christmas ...
— The Metropolis • Upton Sinclair


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