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Draff
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) 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.
(2):
(n.) Refuse; lees; dregs; the wash given to swine or cows; hogwash; waste matter.
(3):
(n.) The slant given to the furrows in the dress of a millstone.
(4):
(n.) Depth of water necessary to float a ship. See Draught.
(5):
(n.) The act of drawing; also, the thing drawn. Same as Draught.
(6):
(n.) 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.
(7):
(n.) An order from one person or party to another, directing the payment of money; a bill of exchange.
(8):
(n.) An allowance or deduction made from the gross veight of goods.
(9):
(n.) A drawing of lines for a plan; a plan delineated, or drawn in outline; a delineation. See Draught.
(10):
(n.) The form of any writing as first drawn up; the first rough sketch of written composition, to be filled in, or completed. See Draught.
(11):
(n.) A narrow border left on a finished stone, worked differently from the rest of its face.
(12):
(n.) A current of air. Same as Draught.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Draff'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/d/draff.html. 1828.
