Definitions for draught
dræft, drɑftdraught

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. draft, draught, potation, tipplenoun

   a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg

   "they served beer on draft"

2. gulp, draft, draught, swignoun

   a large and hurried swallow

   "he finished it at a single gulp"

3. draft, draughtnoun

   a current of air (usually coming into a chimney or room or vehicle)

4. draft, draughtnoun

   the depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially when loaded)

5. draft, draughtnoun

   a dose of liquid medicine

   "he took a sleeping draft"

6. draft, draught, drawingverb

   the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling

7. blueprint, draft, draughtverb

   make a blueprint of

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. draughtnoun

   The action or an act of pulling something along, especially a beast of burden, vehicle or tractor.

2. draughtnoun

   The act of drawing.

3. draughtnoun

   That which is drawn.

4. draughtnoun

   That which draws.

5. draughtnoun

   Capacity of being drawn.

6. draughtnoun

   A current of air (usually coming into a room or vehicle).

7. draughtnoun

   The depth below the water line to the bottom of a vessel's hull.

8. draughtnoun

   An amount of liquid that is drunk in one swallow.

   She took a deep draught from the bottle of water.

9. draughtnoun

   The act of drawing in a net for fish.

10. draughtnoun

    A game piece used in the game of draughts.

11. draughtnoun

    A type of beer, brewed using a top-fermenting yeast; ale.

12. draughtnoun

    Beer drawn from a cask or keg rather than a bottle or can.

13. draughtnoun

    A dose of medicine in liquid form.

14. draughtnoun

    A privy.

15. draughtnoun

    A drawing or picture.

16. Etymology: From dræht, from drahtiz.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Draughtnoun

   Etymology: from draw.

   1. The act of drinking.

   Fill high the goblets with a sparkling flood,
   And with deep draughts invoke our common god. Dryden.

   They slung up one of their hogsheads, and I drank it off at a draught, which I might well do; for it did not hold half a pint. Gulliver’s Travels.

   2. A quantity of liquor drank at once.

   He had once continued about nine days without drink; and he might have continued longer, if, by distempering himself one night with hard study, he had not had some inclination to take a small draught. Boyle.

   I have cured some very desperate coughs by a draught every morning of spring-water, with a handful of sage boiled in it. William Temple.

   Every draught, to him that has quenched his thirst, is but a further quenching of nature; a provision for rheum and diseases. Robert South, Sermons.

   Long draughts of sleep his monstrous limbs enslave;
   He reels, and, falling, fills the spacious cave. John Dryden, Æn.

   3. Liquor drank for pleasure.

   Were it a draught for Juno when she banquets,
   I would not taste thy treasonous offer. John Milton.

   Number’d ills, that lie unseen
   In the pernicious draught: the word obscene,
   Or harsh, which, once elanc’d, must ever fly
   Irrevocable; the too prompt reply. Matthew Prior.

   Delicious wines th’ attending herald brought;
   The gold gave lustre to the purple draught. Alexander Pope, Odyssey.

   4. The act of drawing or pulling carriages.

   A general custom of using oxen for all sorts of draught, would be perhaps the greatest improvement. William Temple.

   The most occasion that farmers have, is for draught horses. John Mortimer, Husbandry.

   5. The quality of being drawn.

   The Hertfordshire wheel-plough is the best and strongest for most uses, and of the easiest draught. John Mortimer, Husband.

   6. Representation by picture.

   Her pencil drew whate’er her soul design’d,
   And oft the happy draught surpass’d the image in her mind. Dryden.

   7. Delineation; sketch.

   A good inclination is but the first rude draught of virtue; but the finishing strokes are from the will. Robert South, Sermons.

   I have, in a short draught, given a view of our original ideas, from whence all the rest are derived. John Locke.

   8. A picture drawn.

   Whereas in other creatures we have but the trace of his footsteps, in man we have the draught of his hand: in him were united all the scattered perfections of the creature. South.

   9. The act of sweeping with a net.

   Upon the draught of a pond not one fish was left, but two pikes grown to an excessive bigness. Matthew Hale, Origin of Mankind.

   10. The quantity of fishes taken by once drawing the net.

   He laid down his pipe, and cast his net, which brought him a very great draught. Roger L'Estrange, Fable 109.

   11. The act of shooting with the bow.

   Geffrey of Boullion, the glorious general, at one draught of his bow, shooting against David’s tower in Jerusalem, broached three feetless birds called allerions. William Camden, Rem.

   12. Diversion in war; the act of disturbing the main design; perhaps sudden attack.

   I conceive the manner of your handling of the service, by drawing sudden draughts upon the enemy, when he looketh not for you; and to watch advantages upon him, as he doth upon you. Edmund Spenser, Ireland.

   13. Forces drawn off from the main army; a detachment.

   Such a draught of forces would lessen the number of those, that might otherwise be employed. Addison.

   14. A sink; a drain.

   Whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught. Mat. xv. 17.

   15. The depth which a vessel draws, or sinks into the water.

   With roomy decks, her guns of mighty strength,
   Deep in her draught, and warlike in her length. Dryden.

   With a small vessel one may keep within a mile of the shore, go amongst rocks, and pass over shoals, where a vessel of any draught would strike. Henry Ellis, Voyage.

   16. [In the plural, draughts.] A kind of play resembling chess.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Draughtnoun

   the act of drawing or pulling

2. Draughtnoun

   the act of moving loads by drawing, as by beasts of burden, and the like

3. Draughtnoun

   the drawing of a bowstring

4. Draughtnoun

   act of drawing a net; a sweeping the water for fish

5. Draughtnoun

   the act of drawing liquor into the mouth and throat; the act of drinking

6. Draughtnoun

   a sudden attack or drawing upon an enemy

7. Draughtnoun

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

8. Draughtnoun

   the act of drawing up, marking out, or delineating; representation

9. Draughtnoun

   that which is drawn

10. Draughtnoun

    that which is taken by sweeping with a net

11. Draughtnoun

    the force drawn; a detachment; -- in this sense usually written draft

12. Draughtnoun

    the quantity drawn in at once in drinking; a potion or potation

13. Draughtnoun

    a sketch, outline, or representation, whether written, designed, or drawn; a delineation

14. Draughtnoun

    an order for the payment of money; -- in this sense almost always written draft

15. Draughtnoun

    a current of air moving through an inclosed place, as through a room or up a chimney

16. Draughtnoun

    that which draws

17. Draughtnoun

    a team of oxen or horses

18. Draughtnoun

    a sink or drain; a privy

19. Draughtnoun

    a mild vesicatory; a sinapism; as, to apply draughts to the feet

20. Draughtnoun

    capacity of being drawn; force necessary to draw; traction

21. Draughtnoun

    the depth of water necessary to float a ship, or the depth a ship sinks in water, especially when laden; as, a ship of twelve feet draught

22. Draughtnoun

    an allowance on weighable goods. [Eng.] See Draft, 4

23. Draughtnoun

    a move, as at chess or checkers

24. Draughtnoun

    the bevel given to the pattern for a casting, in order that it may be drawn from the sand without injury to the mold

25. Draughtnoun

    see Draft, n., 7

26. Draughtadjective

    used for drawing vehicles, loads, etc.; as, a draught beast; draught hooks

27. Draughtadjective

    relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of air

28. Draughtadjective

    used in making drawings; as, draught compasses

29. Draughtadjective

    drawn directly from the barrel, or other receptacle, in distinction from bottled; on draught; -- said of ale, cider, and the like

30. Draughtverb

    to draw out; to call forth. See Draft

31. Draughtverb

    to diminish or exhaust by drawing

32. Draughtverb

    to draw in outline; to make a draught, sketch, or plan of, as in architectural and mechanical drawing

33. Etymology: [The same as draft, the spelling with gh indicating an older pronunciation. See Draft, n., Draw.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Draught

   dräft, n. act of drawing: force needed to draw: the act of drinking: the quantity drunk at a time: outline of a picture: that which is taken in a net by drawing: a chosen detachment of men: a current of air: the depth to which a ship sinks in the water.—v.t. (more commonly Draft), to draw out.—n. Draught′-en′gine, the engine over the shaft of a coal-pit.—n.pl. Draught′-hooks, large iron hooks fixed on the cheeks of a cannon-carriage.—ns. Draught′-house (B.), a sink, privy; Draught′iness; Draught′-net, a drag-net.—n.pl. Draughts, a game in which two persons make alternate moves (draughts) on a checkered board, called the Draught′board, with pieces called Draughts′men—U.S. checkers, Scot. dambrod.—n. Draughts′man (see Draftsman).—adj. Draught′y, full of draughts or currents of air. [M. E. draht—A.S. dragan, to draw. See Drag, v., and Draw.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. draught

   A small allowance for waste on goods sold by weight.

2. draught

   The depth of water a ship displaces, or of a body of fluid necessary to float a vessel; hence a ship is said to draw so many feet of water when she requires that depth to float her, which, to be more readily known, are marked on the stem and stern-post from the keel upwards. Also, the old name for a chart. Also, the delineation of a ship designed to be built, drawn on a given scale, generally a quarter-inch to the foot, for the builders. (See SHEER-DRAUGHT.)

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. draught

   The act of drawing men from a military band, army, or post, or from any company or society; draft; detachment; also, formerly, a sudden attack or drawing upon an enemy.

Matched Categories

1. • Depth
   • Design
   • Dose
   • Drink
   • Swallow
   • Wind

How to pronounce draught?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

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   Oliver

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of draught in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of draught in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of draught in a Sentence

1. South:

   A good inclination is but the first rude draught of virtue, but the finishing strokes are from the will, which, if well disposed, will by degrees perfect it, as if all disposed will quickly deface it.

2. Charlotte Bronte:

   Feeling without judgement is a washy draught indeed but judgement untempered by feeling is too bitter and husky a morsel for human deglutition.

3. Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller:

   One drop of hatred left in the cup of joy turns the most blissful draught into poison.

4. Henry James, "The Ambassadors", Book Fourth, Chapter 2:

   Thanks to his constant habit of shaking the bottle in which life handed him the wine of experience, he presently found the taste of the lees rising as usual into his draught.

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