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(1):

(n.) The drawing of a bowstring.

(2):

(n.) Act of drawing a net; a sweeping the water for fish.

(3):

(n.) The act of drawing liquor into the mouth and throat; the act of drinking.

(4):

(n.) The act of moving loads by drawing, as by beasts of burden, and the like.

(5):

(n.) The act of drawing or pulling

(6):

(n.) A sudden attack or drawing upon an enemy.

(7):

(n.) The act of drawing up, marking out, or delineating; representation.

(8):

(n.) That which is drawn

(9):

(n.) That which is taken by sweeping with a net.

(10):

(n.) The force drawn; a detachment; - in this sense usually written draft.

(11):

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

(12):

(n.) A sketch, outline, or representation, whether written, designed, or drawn; a delineation.

(13):

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

(14):

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

(15):

(n.) That which draws

(16):

(n.) A team of oxen or horses.

(17):

(n.) A sink or drain; a privy.

(18):

(n.) A mild vesicatory; a sinapism; as, to apply draughts to the feet.

(19):

(n.) Capacity of being drawn; force necessary to draw; traction.

(20):

(n.) 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.

(21):

(n.) An allowance on weighable goods. [Eng.] See Draft, 4.

(22):

(n.) A move, as at chess or checkers.

(23):

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

(24):

(n.) A current of air moving through an inclosed place, as through a room or up a chimney.

(25):

(a.) Used for drawing vehicles, loads, etc.; as, a draught beast; draught hooks.

(26):

(a.) Relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of air.

(27):

(a.) Used in making drawings; as, draught compasses.

(28):

(a.) Drawn directly from the barrel, or other receptacle, in distinction from bottled; on draught; - said of ale, cider, and the like.

(29):

(n.) See Draft, n., 7.

(30):

(v. t.) To draw out; to call forth. See Draft.

(31):

(v. t.) To diminish or exhaust by drawing.

(32):

(v. t.) To draw in outline; to make a draught, sketch, or plan of, as in architectural and mechanical drawing.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Draught'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/draught.html. 1828.
 
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