DRAFF
\dɹˈaf], \dɹˈaf], \d_ɹ_ˈa_f]\
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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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An allowance or deduction made from the gross veight of goods.
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A drawing of lines for a plan; a plan delineated, or drawn in outline; a delineation. See Draught.
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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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A narrow border left on a finished stone, worked differently from the rest of its face.
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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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The slant given to the furrows in the dress of a millstone.
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Depth of water necessary to float a ship. See Draught.
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A current of air. Same as Draught.
By Oddity Software
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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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An allowance or deduction made from the gross veight of goods.
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A drawing of lines for a plan; a plan delineated, or drawn in outline; a delineation. See Draught.
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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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A narrow border left on a finished stone, worked differently from the rest of its face.
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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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The slant given to the furrows in the dress of a millstone.
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Depth of water necessary to float a ship. See Draught.
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A current of air. Same as Draught.
By Noah Webster.
By Daniel Lyons
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