- Refuse; lees; dregs; the wash given to swine or cows;
hogwash; waste matter. - The act of drawing; also, the thing drawn. Same as Draught. - A selecting or detaching of soldiers from an army, or from
any part of it, or from a military post; also from any district, or any
company or collection of persons, or from the people at large; also,
the body of men thus drafted. - An order from one person or party to another, directing the
payment of money; a bill of exchange. - An allowance or deduction made from the gross veight of
goods. - A drawing of lines for a plan; a plan delineated, or drawn
in outline; a delineation. See Draught. - The form of any writing as first drawn up; the first rough
sketch of written composition, to be filled in, or completed. See
Draught. - A narrow border left on a finished stone, worked differently
from the rest of its face. - A narrow border worked to a plane surface along the edge of
a stone, or across its face, as a guide to the stone-cutter. - The slant given to the furrows in the dress of a millstone. - Depth of water necessary to float a ship. See Draught. - A current of air. Same as Draught.
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