Definition of draught

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Draught (n.) Capacity of being drawn; force necessary to draw; traction.

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Drawer :: Drawer (n.) One who delineates or depicts; a draughtsman; as, a good drawer..
Draught :: Draught (n.) A move, as at chess or checkers..
"draughtsman :: Draughtsman (n.) A man or piece used in the game of draughts..
Ambrosia :: Ambrosia (n.) A perfumed unguent, salve, or draught; something very pleasing to the taste or smell..
Protocol :: Protocol (v. i.) To make or write protocols, or first draughts; to issue protocols..
Graticule :: Graticule (n.) A design or draught which has been divided into squares, in order to reproduce it in other dimensions..
Swig :: Swig (n.) A long draught.
Philter :: Philter (v. t.) To impregnate or mix with a love potion; as, to philter a draught..
Draughts :: Draughts (n. pl.) A game, now more commonly called checkers. See Checkers..
Draught :: Draught (n.) The drawing of a bowstring.
Draw :: Draw (v. i.) To have draught, as a chimney, flue, or the like; to furnish transmission to smoke, gases, etc..
Draught :: Draught (n.) The act of selecting or detaching soldiers; a draft (see Draft, n., 2).
Jack :: "Jack (n.) A hood or other device placed over a chimney or vent pipe, to prevent a back draught..
Draughtboard :: Draughtboard (n.) A checkered board on which draughts are played. See Checkerboard.
Plan :: Plan (a.) A draught or form; properly, a representation drawn on a plane, as a map or a chart; especially, a top view, as of a machine, or the representation or delineation of a horizontal section of anything, as of a building; a graphic representation; a diagram..
Draught :: Draught (n.) A mild vesicatory; a sinapism; as, to apply draughts to the feet..
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..
Dam :: Dam (n.) A kind or crowned piece in the game of draughts.
Evener :: Evener (n.) In vehicles, a swinging crossbar, to the ends of which other crossbars, or whiffletrees, are hung, to equalize the draught when two or three horses are used abreast..
Draught :: Draught (v. t.) To diminish or exhaust by drawing.
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