Part 3441

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Dradge</h1> <Xpage=450>

<hw>Dradge</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Inferior ore, separated from the better by cobbing.</def>

<i>Raymond.</i>

<h1>Draff</h1> <Xpage=450>

<hw>Draff</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. D. <ets>draf</ets> the sediment of ale, Icel. <ets>draf</ets> draff, husks. Cf. 1st <er>Drab</er>.]</ety> <def>Refuse; lees; dregs; the wash given to swine or cows; hogwash; waste matter.</def>

<blockquote>Prodigals lately come from swine keeping, from eating <b>draff</b> and husks. <i> Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The <b>draff</b> and offal of a bygone age. <i> Buckle.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Mere chaff and <b>draff</b>, much better burnt. <i> Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Draffish</h1> <Xpage=450>

<hw>Draff"ish</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Worthless; draffy.</def>

<i>Bale.</i>

<h1>Draffy</h1> <Xpage=450>

<hw>Draff"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Dreggy; waste; worthless.</def>

<blockquote>The dregs and <b>draffy</b> part. <i> Beau. & Fl.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Draff</h1> <Xpage=450>

<hw>Draff</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[The same word as <ets>draught</ets>. OE. <ets>draught</ets>, <ets>draht</ets>, fr. AS. <ets>dragan</ets> to draw. See <er>Draw</er>, and cf. <er>Draught</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of drawing; also, the thing drawn. Same as <er>Draught</er>.</def>

<blockquote>Everything available for <b>draft</b> burden. <i> S. G. Goodrich.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>Several of the States had supplied the deficiency by <b>drafts</b> to serve for the year. <i>Marshall.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>An order from one person or party to another, directing the payment of money; a bill of exchange.</def>

<blockquote>I thought it most prudent to deter the <b>drafts</b> till advice was received of the progress of the loan. <i> A. Hamilton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>An allowance or deduction made from the gross veight of goods.</def>

<i> Simmonds.</i>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A drawing of lines for a plan; a plan delineated, or drawn in outline; a delineation. See <er>Draught</er>.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>The form of any writing as first drawn up; the first rough sketch of written composition, to be filled in, or completed. See <er>Draught</er>.</def>

<p><b>7.</b> <fld>(Masonry)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A narrow border left on a finished stone, worked differently from the rest of its face.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>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.</def>