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Webster 1913 Edition

Draff

Draff

,
Noun.
[Cf. D.
draf
the sediment of ale, Icel.
draf
draff, husks. Cf. 1st
Drab
.]
Refuse; lees; dregs; the wash given to swine or cows; hogwash; waste matter.
Prodigals lately come from swine keeping, from eating
draff
and husks.
Shakespeare
The
draff
and offal of a bygone age.
Buckle.
Mere chaff and
draff
, much better burnt.
Tennyson.

Webster 1828 Edition

Draff

DRAFF

,
Noun.
Refuse; lees; dregs; the wash given to swine, or grains to cows; waste matter.

Definition 2024

draff

draff

English

Noun

draff ‎(usually uncountable, plural draffs)

  1. dregs; the wash given to swin or cows; hogwash or waste matter
    • A crowd immersed in ordure, that appear'd draff of the human body. Dante's Divine comedy, ****, Canto 18

References

  • Webster's New International Dictionary, Second Edition

Etymology

From Middle English draf, likely from an unrecorded Old English *dræf, from Proto-Germanic *drabaz.

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