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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Conscription :: Conscription (n.) A compulsory enrollment of men for military or naval service; a draft.
Galiot :: Galiot (n.) A strong, light-draft, Dutch merchant vessel, carrying a mainmast and a mizzenmast, and a large gaff mainsail..
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..
Air-tight :: Air-tight (n.) A stove the draft of which can be almost entirely shut off.
Draught :: Draught (n.) An allowance on weighable goods. [Eng.] See Draft, 4..
Draw :: Draw (v. i.) To make a draft or written demand for payment of money deposited or due; -- usually with on or upon.
Run :: Run (a.) To make numerous drafts or demands for payment, as upon a bank; -- with on..
Bearer :: Bearer (n.) One who holds a check, note, draft, or other order for the payment of money; as, pay to bearer..
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..
Draught :: Draught (n.) The act of selecting or detaching soldiers; a draft (see Draft, n., 2).
Redraft :: Redraft (v. t.) To draft or draw anew.
Draft :: Draft (v. t.) To transfer by draft.
Overdraw :: Overdraw (v. t.) To make drafts upon or against, in excess of the proper amount or limit..
Omnibus :: Omnibus (n.) A sheet-iron cover for articles in a leer or annealing arch, to protect them from drafts..
Remit :: Remit (v. t.) To transmit or send, esp. to a distance, as money in payment of a demand, account, draft, etc.; as, he remitted the amount by mail..
Draff :: 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..
Draft :: Draft (a.) Pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling (as vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as Draught..
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.)..
Draft :: Draft (v. t.) To draw from a military band or post, or from any district, company, or society; to detach; to select..
Bill :: Bill (n.) A form or draft of a law, presented to a legislature for enactment; a proposed or projected law..
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