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Draft (drȧft), n. [The same word as draught. OE. draught, draht, fr. AS. dragan to draw. See Draw, and cf. Draught.]
1. The act of drawing; also, the thing drawn. Same as Draught.
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Everything available for draft burden. S. G. Goodrich.
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2. (Mil.) 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.
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Several of the States had supplied the deficiency by drafts to serve for the year. Marshall.
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3. An order from one person or party to another, directing the payment of money; a bill of exchange.
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I thought it most prudent to defer the drafts till advice was received of the progress of the loan. A. Hamilton.
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4. An allowance or deduction made from the gross weight of goods. Simmonds.
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5. A drawing of lines for a plan; a plan delineated, or drawn in outline; a delineation. See Draught.
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6. The form of any writing as first drawn up; the first rough sketch of written composition, to be filled in, or completed. See Draught.
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7. (Masonry) (a) A narrow border left on a finished stone, worked differently from the rest of its face. (b) 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.
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8. (Milling) The slant given to the furrows in the dress of a millstone.
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9. (Naut.) Depth of water necessary to float a ship. See Draught.
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10. A current of air. Same as Draught.
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11. A quantity of liquid poured out for drinking; a dose.
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12. The act of drawing a quantity of liquid from a large container; also, the quantity of liquid so drawn.
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13. A device for regulating the flow of gases in a chimney, stovepipe, fireplace, etc.; as, “to close the chimney draft”. It is usually a flat plate of the same internal dimensions as the flue, which can be rotated to be parallel to or perpendicular to the current of gases.
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Draft, a.
1. Pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling (as vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as Draught; as, “a draft horse”.
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2. Relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of air. Same as Draught.
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☞ The forms draft and draught, in the senses above-given, are both in approved use.
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Draft box, Draft engine, Draft horse, Draft net, Draft ox, Draft tube. Same as Draught box, Draught engine, etc. See under Draught.
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Draft (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Drafted; p. pr. & vb. n. Drafting.]
1. To draw the outline of; to delineate.
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2. To compose and write; as, “to draft a memorial”.
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3. To draw from a military band or post, or from any district, company, or society; to detach; to select; especially, to compulsorily select and induct members of a population to serve in the armed forces.
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HotLips Houlihan: How did a degenerate person like him achieve such a position of responsibility in the army?
Radar: He was drafted. M*A*S*H (the movie)
Some royal seminary in Upper Egypt, from whence they drafted novices to supply their colleges and temples. Holwell.
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4. To transfer by draft.
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All her rents been drafted to London. Fielding.
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