draft

Draft Draft (dr[.a]ft), n. [The same word as draught. OE. draught, draht, fr. AS. dragan to draw. See Draw, and cf. Draught.] 1. The act of drawing; also, the thing drawn. Same as Draught. [1913 Webster]

Everything available for draft burden. -- S. G. Goodrich. [1913 Webster]

2. (Mil.) 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. [1913 Webster]

Several of the States had supplied the deficiency by drafts to serve for the year. --Marshall. [1913 Webster]

3. An order from one person or party to another, directing the payment of money; a bill of exchange. [1913 Webster]

I thought it most prudent to defer the drafts till advice was received of the progress of the loan. -- A. Hamilton. [1913 Webster]

4. An allowance or deduction made from the gross weight of goods. -- Simmonds. [1913 Webster]

5. A drawing of lines for a plan; a plan delineated, or drawn in outline; a delineation. See Draught. [1913 Webster]

6. The form of any writing as first drawn up; the first rough sketch of written composition, to be filled in, or completed. See Draught. [1913 Webster]

7. (Masonry) (a) A narrow border left on a finished stone, worked differently from the rest of its face. (b) 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. [1913 Webster]

8. (Milling) The slant given to the furrows in the dress of a millstone. [1913 Webster]

9. (Naut.) Depth of water necessary to float a ship. See Draught. [1913 Webster]

10. A current of air. Same as Draught. [1913 Webster]

11. A quantity of liquid poured out for drinking; a dose. [PJC]

12. The act of drawing a quantity of liquid from a large container; also, the quantity of liquid so drawn. [PJC]

13. A device for regulating the flow of gases in a chimney, stovepipe, fireplace, etc.; as, to close the chimney draft. It is usually a flat plate of the same internal dimensions as the flue, which can be rotated to be parallel to or perpendicular to the current of gases. [PJC]

Draft Draft, a. 1. Pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling (as vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as Draught; as, a draft horse. [1913 Webster]

2. Relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of air. Same as Draught. [1913 Webster]

Note: The forms draft and draught, in the senses above-given, are both in approved use. [1913 Webster]

{Draft box}, {Draft engine}, {Draft horse}, {Draft net}, {Draft ox}, {Draft tube}. Same as {Draught box}, {Draught engine}, etc. See under Draught. [1913 Webster]

Draft Draft, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Drafted; p. pr. & vb. n. Drafting.] 1. To draw the outline of; to delineate. [1913 Webster]

2. To compose and write; as, to draft a memorial. [1913 Webster]

3. To draw from a military band or post, or from any district, company, or society; to detach; to select; especially, to compulsorily select and induct members of a population to serve in the armed forces. [1913 Webster +PJC]

HotLips Houlihan: How did a degenerate person like him achieve such a position of responsibility in the army? Radar: He was drafted. --M*A*S*H (the movie)

Some royal seminary in Upper Egypt, from whence they drafted novices to supply their colleges and temples. -- Holwell. [1913 Webster]

4. To transfer by draft. [1913 Webster]

All her rents been drafted to London. -- Fielding. [1913 Webster]

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