Definition of draught

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Draught (n.) The act of selecting or detaching soldiers; a draft (see Draft, n., 2).

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Checker :: Checker (v. t.) A piece in the game of draughts or checkers.
Scantling :: Scantling (v. t.) A rough draught; a rude sketch or outline.
Draught :: Draught (a.) Drawn directly from the barrel, or other receptacle, in distinction from bottled; on draught; -- said of ale, cider, and the like..
Draw :: Draw (v. i.) To have draught, as a chimney, flue, or the like; to furnish transmission to smoke, gases, etc..
Draught :: Draught (a.) Used for drawing vehicles, loads, etc.; as, a draught beast; draught hooks..
Suck :: Suck (n.) A small draught.
Heavy :: Heavy (superl.) Heaved or lifted with labor; not light; weighty; ponderous; as, a heavy stone; hence, sometimes, large in extent, quantity, or effects; as, a heavy fall of rain or snow; a heavy failure; heavy business transactions, etc.; often implying strength; as, a heavy barrier; also, difficult to move; as, a heavy draught..
Protocol :: Protocol (n.) The minutes, or rough draught, of an instrument or transaction..
Draught :: Draught (n.) The act of moving loads by drawing, as by beasts of burden, and the like..
Percheron :: Percheron (n.) One of a breed of draught horses originating in Perche, an old district of France; -- called also Percheron-Norman..
Indraught :: Indraught (n.) An opening from the sea into the land; an inlet.
Draughtsman :: Draughtsman (n.) One who drinks drams; a tippler.
Haul :: Haul (n.) A single draught of a net; as, to catch a hundred fish at a haul..
Quaff :: Quaff (v. t.) To drink with relish; to drink copiously of; to swallow in large draughts.
Triangle :: Triangle (n.) A draughtsman's square in the form of a right-angled triangle.
Draughts :: Draughts (n. pl.) A mild vesicatory. See Draught, n., 3 (c)..
Plan :: Plan (a.) A draught or form; properly, a representation drawn on a plane, as a map or a chart; especially, a top view, as of a machine, or the representation or delineation of a horizontal section of anything, as of a building; a graphic representation; a diagram..
Jack :: "Jack (n.) A hood or other device placed over a chimney or vent pipe, to prevent a back draught..
Draftsman :: Draftsman (n.) See Draughtsman.
Draught :: Draught (n.) Act of drawing a net; a sweeping the water for fish.
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