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Webster 1913 Edition
Draught
Draught
,Noun.
1.
The act of drawing or pulling
; as: (a)
The act of moving loads by drawing, as by beasts of burden, and the like.
(b)
The drawing of a bowstring.
[Obs.]
(c)
Act of drawing a net; a sweeping the water for fish.
(d)
The act of drawing liquor into the mouth and throat; the act of drinking.
(e)
A sudden attack or drawing upon an enemy.
[Obs.]
(f)
(Mil.)
The act of selecting or detaching soldiers; a draft (see , 2)
Draft
, Noun.
(g)
The act of drawing up, marking out, or delineating; representation.
Dryden.
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
. Luke v. 4.
(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
. Sterne.
(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. Macaulay.
(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.
Thackeray.
He preferred to go and sit upon the stairs, in . . . a strong
draught
of air, until he was again sent for. Dickens.
3.
That which draws
; as: (a)
A team of oxen or horses.
Blackstone.
(b)
A sink or drain; a privy.
Shak.
Matt. xv. 17.
(c)
pl.
(Med.)
A mild vesicatory; a sinapism;
as, to apply
. draughts
to the feet4.
Capacity of being drawn; force necessary to draw; traction.
The Hertfordshire wheel plow . . . is of the easiest
draught
. Mortimer.
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
7.
A move, as at chess or checkers.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
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 , 7.
Draft
, Noun.
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
, Adj.
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
.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
compasses4.
Drawn directly from the barrel, or other receptacle, in distinction from bottled; on draught; – said of ale, cider, and the like.
☞ 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
.Draught
(drȧft)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Draughted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Draughting
.] 2.
To diminish or exhaust by drawing.
[R.]
The Parliament so often
draughted
and drained. Sir W. Scott.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Draught
DRAUGHT
,Noun.
1.
The act of drawing; as a horse or ox fit for draught.2.
The quality of being drawn; as a cart of plow of easy draught.3.
The drawing of liquor into the mouth and throat; the act of drinking.4.
The quantity of liquor drank at once.5.
The act of delineating, or that which is delineated; a representation by lines, as the figure of a house, a machine, a fort, &c., described on paper.6.
Representation by picture; figure painted, or drawn by the pencil.7.
The act of drawing a net; a sweeping for fish.8.
That which is taken by sweeping with a net; as a draught of fishes. Luke 5.9.
The drawing or bending of a bow; the act of shooting with a bow and arrow.10.
The act of drawing men from a military band, army or post; also, the forces drawn; a detachment. [See Draft, which is more generally used.]11.
A sink or drain. Matthew 15.12.
An order for the payment of money; a bill of exchange. [See Draft.]13.
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.14.
In England, a small allowance on weighable goods, made by the king to the importer, or by the seller to the buyer, to insure full weight.15.
A sudden attack or drawing on an enemy. [Query.]16.
A writing composed.17.
Draughts, a kind of game resembling chess.DRAUGHT
,Verb.
T.