Definition of draught

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Draught (n.) The act of moving loads by drawing, as by beasts of burden, and the like..

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Draught :: Draught (n.) 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..
Swig :: Swig (n.) A long draught.
Draughtsman :: Draughtsman (n.) One who draws plans and sketches of machinery, structures, and places; also, more generally, one who makes drawings of any kind..
Engorged :: Engorged (p. a.) Swallowed with greediness, or in large draughts..
Checkerboard :: Checkerboard (n.) A board with sixty-four squares of alternate color, used for playing checkers or draughts..
Nip :: Nip (n.) A sip or small draught; esp., a draught of intoxicating liquor; a dram..
Draught :: Draught (v. t.) To draw out; to call forth. See Draft.
Hoveling :: Hoveling (n.) A method of securing a good draught in chimneys by covering the top, leaving openings in the sides, or by carrying up two of the sides higher than the other two..
Potation :: Potation (n.) A draught.
Circean :: Circean (a.) Having the characteristics of Circe, daughter of Sol and Perseis, a mythological enchantress, who first charmed her victims and then changed them to the forms of beasts; pleasing, but noxious; as, a Circean draught..
Draught :: Draught (n.) The drawing of a bowstring.
Draught :: Draught (v. t.) To draw in outline; to make a draught, sketch, or plan of, as in architectural and mechanical drawing..
Draught :: Draught (n.) That which is draw.
Gunboat :: Gunboat (n.) A vessel of light draught, carrying one or more guns..
Gulp :: Gulp (v. t.) To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; to take down at one swallow..
Table :: Table (n.) The games of backgammon and of draughts.
Damper :: Damper (n.) That which damps or checks; as: (a) A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draught of air. (b) A contrivance, as in a pianoforte, to deaden vibrations; or, as in other pieces of mechanism, to check some action at a particular time..
Blast :: Blast (n.) The exhaust steam from and engine, driving a column of air out of a boiler chimney, and thus creating an intense draught through the fire; also, any draught produced by the blast..
Protocolist :: Protocolist (n.) One who draughts protocols.
Draught :: Draught (n.) The act of drawing up, marking out, or delineating; representation..
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