draught

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Alternative form of draft in some of its senses.

   • She could feel a draught where she was sitting.
   • […]he sayde vnto Simon: Cary vs into the depe, and lett slippe thy nett to make a draught.
   • “Drink and pass!” he cried, handing the heavy charged flagon to the nearest seaman. “The crew alone now drink. Round with it, round! Short draughts—long swallows, men; ’tis hot as Satan’s hoof.
2. 2

   A checker

   A checker: a game piece used in the game of draughts.

3. 3

   Ale

   Ale: a type of beer brewed using top-fermenting yeast.

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   1. 4

      A mild vesicatory.

   2. 5

      An outhouse

      An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.

      • Then sayde Jesus: are ye yett withoute understondinge? perceave ye not, that whatsoever goeth in at the mouth, descendeth doune into the bely, and ys cast out into the draught?
      • Rid me these Villaines from your companies; / Hang them, or stab them, drowne them in a draught, / Confound them by some course, and come to me, / Ile giue you Gold enough.
   3. 6

      Any picture or drawing.

      • And therefore, for the whole process, and full representation, there must be more than one draught; the one representing him in station, the other in session, another in genuflexion.
   4. 7

      A sudden attack upon an enemy.

      • drawing sudden draughts upon the enemy when he looketh not for you
   5. 8

      Alternative spelling of draft

      • draught beer or cider
      • draught oxen, a draught horse
   6. 9

      Alternative spelling of draft.

      • The Parliament so often draughted and drained.

The neighborhood

• synonymouthouse
• neighbordraw