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Hoveling :: Hoveling (n.) A method of securing a good draught in chimneys by covering the top, leaving openings in the sides, or by carrying up two of the sides higher than the other two..

Evener :: Evener (n.) In vehicles, a swinging crossbar, to the ends of which other crossbars, or whiffletrees, are hung, to equalize the draught when two or three horses are used abreast..

Flat :: Flat (n.) A flat-bottomed boat, without keel, and of small draught..

Tableman :: Tableman (n.) A man at draughts; a piece used in playing games at tables. See Table, n., 10..

Draughtsman :: Draughtsman (n.) One who draws plans and sketches of machinery, structures, and places; also, more generally, one who makes drawings of any kind..

Draught :: Draught (n.) An order for the payment of money; -- in this sense almost always written draft.

Hame :: Hame (n.) One of the two curved pieces of wood or metal, in the harness of a draught horse, to which the traces are fastened. They are fitted upon the collar, or have pads fitting the horse's neck attached to them..

Carouse :: Carouse (n.) A large draught of liquor.

Draughts :: Draughts (n. pl.) A mild vesicatory. See Draught, n., 3 (c)..

Gulp :: Gulp (v. t.) To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; to take down at one swallow..

Reduction :: Reduction (v. t.) The process of making a copy of something, as a figure, design, or draught, on a smaller scale, preserving the proper proportions..

Draughtsmen :: Draughtsmen (pl. ) of Draughtsma.

Precedent :: Precedent (n.) A rough draught of a writing which precedes a finished copy.

Damper :: Damper (n.) That which damps or checks; as: (a) A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draught of air. (b) A contrivance, as in a pianoforte, to deaden vibrations; or, as in other pieces of mechanism, to check some action at a particular time..

Circean :: Circean (a.) Having the characteristics of Circe, daughter of Sol and Perseis, a mythological enchantress, who first charmed her victims and then changed them to the forms of beasts; pleasing, but noxious; as, a Circean draught..

Scribe :: Scribe (n.) One who writes; a draughtsman; a writer for another; especially, an offical or public writer; an amanuensis or secretary; a notary; a copyist..

Draught :: Draught (n.) The quantity drawn in at once in drinking; a potion or potation.

Table :: Table (n.) The games of backgammon and of draughts.

Draw :: Draw (n.) The act of drawing; draught.

Engorged :: Engorged (p. a.) Swallowed with greediness, or in large draughts..

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