DRAUGHT (from the common Teutonic word " to draw "; cf. Ger. 7'racht, load; the pronunciation led to the variant form " draft," now confined to certain specific meanings)

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DRAUGHT (from the common Teutonic word " to draw "; cf. Ger. 7'racht, load; the pronunciation led to the variant form " draft," now confined to certain specific meanings) , the act or action of drawing, extending, pulling, &c. It is thus applied to animals used for drawing vehicles or loads, "

draught

DRAUGHT (from the common Teutonic word " to draw "; cf. Ger. 7'racht, load; the pronunciation led to the variant form " draft," now confined to certain specific meanings)

oxen," &c., to the quantity of fish taken by one " drag " of a net, to a quantity of liquid taken or "

drawn

DRAWN

in " to the mouth, and to a current of air in a chimney, a room or other confined space. In furnaces the "

draught

DRAUGHT (from the common Teutonic word " to draw "; cf. Ger. 7'racht, load; the pronunciation led to the variant form " draft," now confined to certain specific meanings)

" is "natural " when not increased artificially, or " forced " when increased by mechanical methods (see BOILER). The water a ship " draws," or her " draught," is the depth to which she sinks in the water as measured from her

keel

KEEL

. The word was formerly used of a " move" in

chess

CHESS

or similar games, and is thus, in the plural, the general

English

ENGLISH

name of the game known also as " checkers " (see DRAUGHTS). The spelling " draft " is generally employed in the following usages. It is a common

term

TERM

for a written order "

drawn

DRAWN

on " a banker or other holder of funds for the payment of money to .a third person; thus a

cheque

CHEQUE, or CHECK

(q.v.) is a draft. A

special

SPECIAL

form of draft is a " banker's draft," an instruction by one bank to another bank, or to a branch of the bank making the instruction, to pay a sum of money to the order of a certain specified person. Other meanings of " draft " are an outline, plan or sketch, or a preliminary drawing up of an

instrument

INSTRUMENT (Lat. instrumentum, from insincere, to build up, furnish, arrange, prepare)

, measure, document, &c., which, after alteration and amendment, will be embodied in a final or formal shape; an allowance made by merchants or importers to those who sell by retail, to make up a loss incurred in weighing or measuring; and a detachment or

body

BODY

of troops " drawn off " for a specific purpose, usually a reinforcement from the depot or reserve units to those abroad or in the field. For the use of the

term

TERM

" draft " or " draught " in masonry and architecture see DRAFTED MASONRY.

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