Definition of draught

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Draught (n.) The force drawn; a detachment; -- in this sense usually written draft.

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Vese :: Vese (n.) Onset; rush; violent draught or wind.
Suck :: Suck (n.) A small draught.
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..
Graticule :: Graticule (n.) A design or draught which has been divided into squares, in order to reproduce it in other dimensions..
Hood :: Hood (n.) A chimney top, often contrived to secure a constant draught by turning with the wind..
Draught :: Draught (n.) The quantity drawn in at once in drinking; a potion or potation.
Table :: Table (n.) The games of backgammon and of draughts.
Swig :: Swig (v. t.) To drink in long draughts; to gulp; as, to swig cider..
Triangle :: Triangle (n.) A draughtsman's square in the form of a right-angled triangle.
Draught :: Draught (n.) A sink or drain; a privy.
Draught :: Draught (n.) An order for the payment of money; -- in this sense almost always written draft.
Precedent :: Precedent (n.) A rough draught of a writing which precedes a finished copy.
Hame :: Hame (n.) One of the two curved pieces of wood or metal, in the harness of a draught horse, to which the traces are fastened. They are fitted upon the collar, or have pads fitting the horse's neck attached to them..
Pargeting :: Pargeting (n.) Plasterwork; esp.: (a) A kind of decorative plasterwork in raised ornamental figures, formerly used for the internal and external decoration of houses. (b) In modern architecture, the plastering of the inside of flues, intended to give a smooth surface and help the draught..
Score :: Score (n.) The original and entire draught, or its transcript, of a composition, with the parts for all the different instruments or voices written on staves one above another, so that they can be read at a glance; -- so called from the bar, which, in its early use, was drawn through all the parts..
Draughted :: Draughted (imp. & p. p.) of Draugh.
Carouse :: Carouse (n.) A large draught of liquor.
Draught :: Draught (n.) See Draft, n., 7..
Draught :: Draught (n.) A team of oxen or horses.
King :: King (n.) A crowned man in the game of draughts.
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