Definition of draught

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Draught (n.) The bevel given to the pattern for a casting, in order that it may be drawn from the sand without injury to the mold..

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Draught :: Draught (a.) Drawn directly from the barrel, or other receptacle, in distinction from bottled; on draught; -- said of ale, cider, and the like..
Rough :: Rough (n.) Hastily or carelessly done; wanting finish; incomplete; as, a rough estimate; a rough draught..
Haul :: Haul (n.) A single draught of a net; as, to catch a hundred fish at a haul..
Draughts :: Draughts (n. pl.) A game, now more commonly called checkers. See Checkers..
Draught :: Draught (n.) A move, as at chess or checkers..
Draught :: Draught (n.) That which is taken by sweeping with a net.
Plot :: Plot (n.) A plan or draught of a field, farm, estate, etc., drawn to a scale..
Draught :: Draught (n.) A sink or drain; a privy.
Draught :: Draught (n.) A sudden attack or drawing upon an enemy.
Draught :: Draught (a.) Relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of air..
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..
Ploughhead :: Ploughhead (n.) The clevis or draught iron of a plow.
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..
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..
Draughtsman :: Draughtsman (n.) One who draws plans and sketches of machinery, structures, and places; also, more generally, one who makes drawings of any kind..
Gunboat :: Gunboat (n.) A vessel of light draught, carrying one or more guns..
King :: King (n.) A crowned man in the game of draughts.
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..
Engorged :: Engorged (p. a.) Swallowed with greediness, or in large draughts..
Draught :: Draught (n.) A mild vesicatory; a sinapism; as, to apply draughts to the feet..
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