Definition of draught

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Draught (n.) An order for the payment of money; -- in this sense almost always written draft.

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Draught :: Draught (n.) That which is taken by sweeping with a net.
Draft :: Draft (a.) Pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling (as vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as Draught..
Draught :: Draught (n.) The act of drawing up, marking out, or delineating; representation..
Plan :: Plan (v. t.) To form a delineation of; to draught; to represent, as by a diagram..
Draught :: Draught (n.) A sudden attack or drawing upon an enemy.
Draftsman :: Draftsman (n.) See Draughtsman.
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..
Draughts :: Draughts (n. pl.) A game, now more commonly called checkers. See Checkers..
Hood :: Hood (n.) A chimney top, often contrived to secure a constant draught by turning with the wind..
Rough :: Rough (n.) Hastily or carelessly done; wanting finish; incomplete; as, a rough estimate; a rough draught..
Draw :: Draw (v. i.) To admit the action of pulling or dragging; to undergo draught; as, a carriage draws easily..
Dam :: Dam (n.) A kind or crowned piece in the game of draughts.
Punch :: Punch (n.) One of a breed of large, heavy draught horses; as, the Suffolk punch..
Precedent :: Precedent (n.) A rough draught of a writing which precedes a finished copy.
Draught :: Draught (n.) An allowance on weighable goods. [Eng.] See Draft, 4..
Suck :: Suck (n.) A small draught.
Drawer :: Drawer (n.) One who delineates or depicts; a draughtsman; as, a good drawer..
Solitaire :: Solitaire (n.) A game which one person can play alone; -- applied to many games of cards, etc.; also, to a game played on a board with pegs or balls, in which the object is, beginning with all the places filled except one, to remove all but one of the pieces by jumping, as in draughts..
Leeboard :: Leeboard (n.) A board, or frame of planks, lowered over the side of a vessel to lessen her leeway when closehauled, by giving her greater draught..
Draff :: Draff (n.) The act of drawing; also, the thing drawn. Same as Draught..
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