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draff
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What does draff mean?
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- draff (n.)
Refuse; lees; dregs; the wash given to swine or cows; hogwash; waste matter. - draff (n.)
The act of drawing; also, the thing drawn. Same as Draught. - draff (n.)
A selecting or detaching of soldiers from an army, or from any part of it, or from a military post; also from any district, or any company or collection of persons, or from the people at large; also, the body of men thus drafted. - draff (n.)
An order from one person or party to another, directing the payment of money; a bill of exchange. - draff (n.)
An allowance or deduction made from the gross veight of goods. - draff (n.)
A drawing of lines for a plan; a plan delineated, or drawn in outline; a delineation. See Draught. - draff (n.)
The form of any writing as first drawn up; the first rough sketch of written composition, to be filled in, or completed. See Draught. - draff (n.)
A narrow border left on a finished stone, worked differently from the rest of its face. - draff (n.)
A narrow border worked to a plane surface along the edge of a stone, or across its face, as a guide to the stone-cutter. - draff (n.)
The slant given to the furrows in the dress of a millstone. - draff (n.)
Depth of water necessary to float a ship. See Draught. - draff (n.)
A current of air. Same as Draught.
