Definition of draught

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Draught (n.) That which draw.

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Draught :: Draught (n.) The force drawn; a detachment; -- in this sense usually written draft.
Draught :: Draught (n.) The act of selecting or detaching soldiers; a draft (see Draft, n., 2).
Draught :: Draught (n.) The act of drawing liquor into the mouth and throat; the act of drinking.
Plan :: Plan (v. t.) To form a delineation of; to draught; to represent, as by a diagram..
Draught :: Draught (n.) A team of oxen or horses.
Harness :: Harness (v. t.) To make ready for draught; to equip with harness, as a horse. Also used figuratively..
Man :: Man (n.) One of the piece with which certain games, as chess or draughts, are played..
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..
Draught :: Draught (a.) Used in making drawings; as, draught compasses..
Checkerboard :: Checkerboard (n.) A board with sixty-four squares of alternate color, used for playing checkers or draughts..
Draughtsmanship :: Draughtsmanship (n.) The office, art, or work of a draughtsman..
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..
Draw :: Draw (n.) The act of drawing; draught.
Jack :: "Jack (n.) A hood or other device placed over a chimney or vent pipe, to prevent a back draught..
Sketch :: Sketch (n.) An outline or general delineation of anything; a first rough or incomplete draught or plan of any design; especially, in the fine arts, such a representation of an object or scene as serves the artist's purpose by recording its chief features; also, a preliminary study for an original work..
Extract :: Extract (n.) A draught or copy of writing; certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgement therein, with an order for execution..
Plot :: Plot (n.) A plan or draught of a field, farm, estate, etc., drawn to a scale..
Swig :: Swig (v. t.) To drink in long draughts; to gulp; as, to swig cider..
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.
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