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\Draff\, n. [Cf. D. draf the sediment of ale, Icel. draf draff, husks. Cf. 1st {Drab}.] Refuse; lees; dregs; the wash given to swine or cows; hogwash; waste matter. Prodigals lately come from swine keeping, from eating draff and husks. -- Shak. The draff and offal of a bygone age. -- Buckle. Mere chaff and draff, much better burnt. -- Tennyson.
\Draff\, 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}. Everything available for draft burden. -- S. G. Goodrich. 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. Several of the States had supplied the deficiency by drafts to serve for the year. --Marshall. 3. An order from one person or party to another, directing the payment of money; a bill of exchange. I thought it most prudent to deter the drafts till advice was received of the progress of the loan. -- A. Hamilton. 4. An allowance or deduction made from the gross veight of goods. -- Simmonds. 5. A drawing of lines for a plan; a plan delineated, or drawn in outline; a delineation. See {Draught}. 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}. 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. 8. (Milling) The slant given to the furrows in the dress of a millstone. 9. (Naut.) Depth of water necessary to float a ship. See {Draught}. 10. A current of air. Same as {Draught}.

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