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Wiktionary

  1. draffnoun

    dregs; the wash given to swin or cows; hogwash or waste matter

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. DRAFFnoun

    Any thing thrown away; sweepings; refuse; lees; dregs.

    Etymology: drof, dirty, Saxon; draf, Dutch, the sediment of ale.

    You would think I had a hundred and fifty tattered prodigals lately come from swinekeeping, from eating draff and husks. William Shakespeare, Henry IV. p. i.

    ’Twere simple fury, still thyself to waste
    On such as have no taste;
    To offer them a surfeit of pure bread
    Whose appetite is dead!
    No, give them grains their fill;
    Husks, draff, to drink and swill. Ben Jonson.

    I call’d, and drew them thither,
    My hell-hounds to lick up the draff and filth,
    Which man’s polluting sin with taint had shed
    On what was pure. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. x. l. 630.

    Here rather let me drudge, and earn my bread,
    ’Till vermin, or the draff of servile food,
    Consume me. John Milton, Agonistes.

    As Muley-Zeydan were not worth their care,
    And younger brothers but the draff of nature. Dryden.

Wikipedia

  1. draff

    Brewing is the production of beer by steeping a starch source (commonly cereal grains, the most popular of which is barley) in water and fermenting the resulting sweet liquid with yeast. It may be done in a brewery by a commercial brewer, at home by a homebrewer, or communally. Brewing has taken place since around the 6th millennium BC, and archaeological evidence suggests that emerging civilizations, including ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, brewed beer. Since the nineteenth century the brewing industry has been part of most western economies. The basic ingredients of beer are water and a fermentable starch source such as malted barley. Most beer is fermented with a brewer's yeast and flavoured with hops. Less widely used starch sources include millet, sorghum and cassava. Secondary sources (adjuncts), such as maize (corn), rice, or sugar, may also be used, sometimes to reduce cost, or to add a feature, such as adding wheat to aid in retaining the foamy head of the beer. The most common starch source is ground cereal or "grist" - the proportion of the starch or cereal ingredients in a beer recipe may be called grist, grain bill, or simply mash ingredients.Steps in the brewing process include malting, milling, mashing, lautering, boiling, fermenting, conditioning, filtering, and packaging. There are three main fermentation methods: warm, cool and spontaneous. Fermentation may take place in an open or closed fermenting vessel; a secondary fermentation may also occur in the cask or bottle. There are several additional brewing methods, such as Burtonisation, double dropping, and Yorkshire Square, as well as post-fermentation treatment such as filtering, and barrel-ageing.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Draffnoun

    refuse; lees; dregs; the wash given to swine or cows; hogwash; waste matter

  2. Draffnoun

    the act of drawing; also, the thing drawn. Same as Draught

  3. Draffnoun

    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

  4. Draffnoun

    an order from one person or party to another, directing the payment of money; a bill of exchange

  5. Draffnoun

    an allowance or deduction made from the gross veight of goods

  6. Draffnoun

    a drawing of lines for a plan; a plan delineated, or drawn in outline; a delineation. See Draught

  7. Draffnoun

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

  8. Draffnoun

    a narrow border left on a finished stone, worked differently from the rest of its face

  9. Draffnoun

    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

  10. Draffnoun

    the slant given to the furrows in the dress of a millstone

  11. Draffnoun

    depth of water necessary to float a ship. See Draught

  12. Draffnoun

    a current of air. Same as Draught

  13. Etymology: [Cf. D. draf the sediment of ale, Icel. draf draff, husks. Cf. 1st Drab.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Draff

    draf, n. dregs: the refuse of malt that has been brewed from.—adjs. Draff′ish, Draff′y, worthless. [Prob. related to Dut. draf, Ger. träber.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of draff in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of draff in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8


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