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<hw>Draught</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Used for drawing vehicles, loads, etc.; <as>as, a <ex>draught</ex> beast; <ex>draught</ex> hooks.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of air.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Used in making drawings; <as>as, <ex>draught</ex> compasses</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Drawn directly from the barrel, or other receptacle, in distinction from <i>bottled</i>; on draught; -- said of ale, cider, and the like.</def>

<note>&hand; This word, especially in the first and second meanings, is often written <i>draft</i>, a spelling which is approved by many authorities.</note>

<cs><col>Draught box</col>. <cd>See <cref>Draught tube</cref>, below.</cd> -- <col>Draught engine</col> <fld>(Mining)</fld>, <cd>an engine used for pumping, raising heavy weights, and the like.</cd> -- <col>Draught hook</col> <fld>(Mil.)</fld>, <cd>one of the hooks on a cannon carriage, used in drawing the gun backward and forward.</cd> -- <col>Draught horse</col>, <cd>a horse employed in drawing loads, plowing, etc., as distinguished from a saddle horse or carriage horse.</cd> -- <col>Draught net</col>, <cd>a seine or hauling net.</cd> -- <col>Draught ox</col>, <cd>an ox employed in hauling loads, plowing, etc.</cd> -- <col>Draught tube</col> <fld>(Water Wheels)</fld>, <cd>an airtight pipe extending downward into the tailrace from a turbine wheel located above it, to make whole fall available; -- called also <altname>draught box</altname>.</cd></cs>

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<h1>Draught</h1> <Xpage=452>

<hw>Draught</hw> <tt>(dr&adot;ft)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Draughted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Draughting</er>.]</wordforms>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To draw out; to call forth. See <er>Draft</er>.</def>

<i>Addison.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To diminish or exhaust by drawing.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>The Parliament so often <b>draughted</b> and drained. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To draw in outline; to make a draught, sketch, or plan of, as in architectural and mechanical drawing.</def>

<cs><col>Draughting room</col>, <cd>a room draughtsmen to work in, and where plans are kept.</cd></cs>

<h1>Draughtboard</h1> <Xpage=452>

<hw>Draught"board`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A checkered board on which draughts are played. See <er>Checkerboard</er>.</def>

<h1>Draughthouse</h1> <Xpage=452>

<hw>Draught"house`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A house for the reception of waste matter; a privy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>2 Kings x. 27.</i>

<h1>Draughts</h1> <Xpage=452>

<hw>Draughts</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <def>A mild vesicatory. See <er>Draught</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 3 <sd>(c)</sd>.</def>

<h1>Draughts</h1> <Xpage=452>

<hw>Draughts</hw>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <def>A game, now more commonly called <i>checkers</i>. See <er>Checkers</er>.</def>

<note>&hand; <i>Polish draughts</i> is sometimes played with 40 pieces on a board divided into 100 squares.</note>

<i>Am. Cyc.</i>

<h1>Draughtsman</h1> <Xpage=452>

<hw>Draughts"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Draughtsmen</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt></plu>.