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Draff :: Draff (n.) 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..

Monger :: Monger (v. t.) To deal in; to make merchandise of; to traffic in; -- used chiefly of discreditable traffic.

Graffage :: Graffage (n.) The scarp of a ditch or moat.

Draffish :: Draffish (a.) Worthless; draffy.

Draff :: Draff (n.) Depth of water necessary to float a ship. See Draught.

Contraband :: Contraband (n.) Illegal or prohibited traffic.

Decyl :: Decyl (n.) A hydrocarbon radical, C10H21, never existing alone, but regarded as the characteristic constituent of a number of compounds of the paraffin series..

Trafficable :: Trafficable (a.) Capable of being disposed of in traffic; marketable.

Barter :: Barter (v. t.) To trade or exchange in the way of barter; to exchange (frequently for an unworthy consideration); to traffic; to truck; -- sometimes followed by away; as, to barter away goods or honor..

Vaseline :: Vaseline (n.) A yellowish translucent substance, almost odorless and tasteless, obtained as a residue in the purification of crude petroleum, and consisting essentially of a mixture of several of the higher members of the paraffin series. It is used as an unguent, and for various purposes in the arts. See the Note under Petrolatum..

Draff :: Draff (n.) The act of drawing; also, the thing drawn. Same as Draught..

Phonograph :: Phonograph (n.) An instrument for the mechanical registration and reproduction of audible sounds, as articulate speech, etc. It consists of a rotating cylinder or disk covered with some material easily indented, as tinfoil, wax, paraffin, etc., above which is a thin plate carrying a stylus. As the plate vibrates under the influence of a sound, the stylus makes minute indentations or undulations in the soft material, and these, when the cylinder or disk is again turned, set the plate in vibration

Rifle :: Rifle (v. i.) To raffle.

Deal :: Deal (v. i.) To do a distributing or retailing business, as distinguished from that of a manufacturer or producer; to traffic; to trade; to do business; as, he deals in flour..

Graff :: Graff (n.) A steward; an overseer.

Traffic :: Traffic (v. t.) To exchange in traffic; to effect by a bargain or for a consideration.

Raffle :: Raffle (v. t.) To dispose of by means of a raffle; -- often followed by off; as, to raffle off a horse..

Eikosane :: Eikosane (n.) A solid hydrocarbon, C20H42, of the paraffine series, of artificial production, and also probably occurring in petroleum..

Overaffect :: Overaffect (v. t.) To affect or care for unduly.

Nundination :: Nundination (n.) Traffic at fairs; marketing; buying and selling.

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