Definition of draft

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Draft (v. t.) To draw from a military band or post, or from any district, company, or society; to detach; to select..

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Fibre-faced :: Fibre-faced (a.) Having a visible fiber embodied in the surface of; -- applied esp. to a kind of paper for checks, drafts, etc..
Draft :: Draft (v. t.) To compose and write; as, to draft a memorial..
Cash :: Cash (n.) Ready money; especially, coin or specie; but also applied to bank notes, drafts, bonds, or any paper easily convertible into money.
Redraft :: Redraft (n.) A second draft or copy.
Air-tight :: Air-tight (n.) A stove the draft of which can be almost entirely shut off.
Bank :: Bank (n.) An establishment for the custody, loan, exchange, or issue, of money, and for facilitating the transmission of funds by drafts or bills of exchange; an institution incorporated for performing one or more of such functions, or the stockholders (or their representatives, the directors), acting in their corporate capacity..
Blower :: Blower (n.) A device for producing a current of air; as: (a) A metal plate temporarily placed before the upper part of a grate or open fire. (b) A machine for producing an artificial blast or current of air by pressure, as for increasing the draft of a furnace, ventilating a building or shaft, cleansing gram, etc..
Reexchange :: Reexchange (n.) The expense chargeable on a bill of exchange or draft which has been dishonored in a foreign country, and returned to the country in which it was made or indorsed, and then taken up..
Draft :: Draft (a.) Relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of air. Same as Draught..
Chimney :: Chimney (n.) A tube usually of glass, placed around a flame, as of a lamp, to create a draft, and promote combustion..
Redraft :: Redraft (n.) A new bill of exchange which the holder of a protected bill draws on the drawer or indorsers, in order to recover the amount of the protested bill with costs and charges..
Dishonor :: Dishonor (v. t.) To refuse or decline to accept or pay; -- said of a bill, check, note, or draft which is due or presented; as, to dishonor a bill exchange..
Draught :: Draught (n.) The force drawn; a detachment; -- in this sense usually written draft.
Bearer :: Bearer (n.) One who holds a check, note, draft, or other order for the payment of money; as, pay to bearer..
Draught :: Draught (n.) An order for the payment of money; -- in this sense almost always written draft.
Cowl :: Cowl (n.) A cowl-shaped cap, commonly turning with the wind, used to improve the draft of a chimney, ventilating shaft, etc..
Indorse :: Indorse (v. t.) To write one's name, alone or with other words, upon the back of (a paper), for the purpose of transferring it, or to secure the payment of a /ote, draft, or the like; to guarantee the payment, fulfillment, performance, or validity of, or to certify something upon the back of (a check, draft, writ, warrant of arrest, etc.)..
Omnibus :: Omnibus (n.) A sheet-iron cover for articles in a leer or annealing arch, to protect them from drafts..
Draft :: Draft (v. t.) To draw from a military band or post, or from any district, company, or society; to detach; to select..
Substituted :: Substitute (n.) a person who enlists for military service in the place of a conscript or drafted man.
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