DRAFF

Definitions for the word, draff

(n.) A current of air. Same as Draught.

(n.) A drawing of lines for a plan; a plan delineated, or drawn in outline; a delineation. See Draught.

(n.) A narrow border left on a finished stone, worked differently from the rest of its face.

(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.

(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.

(n.) An allowance or deduction made from the gross veight of goods.

(n.) An order from one person or party to another, directing the payment of money; a bill of exchange.

(n.) Depth of water necessary to float a ship. See Draught.

(n.) Refuse; lees; dregs; the wash given to swine or cows; hogwash; waste matter.

(n.) The act of drawing; also, the thing drawn. Same as Draught.

(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.

(n.) The slant given to the furrows in the dress of a millstone.