| slovo | definícia |
Raught
(gcide) | Raught \Raught\ (r[add]t), obs.
imp. & p. p. of Reach. --Shak.
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Raught
(gcide) | Raught \Raught\, obs.
imp. & p. p. of Reck. --Chaucer.
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Raught
(gcide) | Reach \Reach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reached (r[=e]cht)
(Raught, the old preterit, is obsolete); p. pr. & vb. n.
Reaching.] [OE. rechen, AS. r[=ae]can, r[=ae]cean, to
extend, stretch out; akin to D. reiken, G. reichen, and
possibly to AS. r[imac]ce powerful, rich, E. rich.
[root]115.]
1. To extend; to stretch; to thrust out; to put forth, as a
limb, a member, something held, or the like.
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Her tresses yellow, and long straughten,
Unto her heeles down they raughten. --Rom. of R.
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Reach hither thy hand and thrust it into my side.
--John xx. 27.
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Fruit trees, over woody, reached too far
Their pampered boughs. --Milton.
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2. Hence, to deliver by stretching out a member, especially
the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another; to
hand over; as, to reach one a book.
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He reached me a full cup. --2 Esd. xiv.
39.
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3. To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; to
extend some part of the body, or something held by one, so
as to touch, strike, grasp, or the like; as, to reach an
object with the hand, or with a spear.
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O patron power, . . . thy present aid afford,
Than I may reach the beast. --Dryden.
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4. To strike, hit, or touch with a missile; as, to reach an
object with an arrow, a bullet, or a shell.
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5. Hence, to extend an action, effort, or influence to; to
penetrate to; to pierce, or cut, as far as.
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If these examples of grown men reach not the case of
children, let them examine. --Locke.
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6. To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue
of extent; as, his land reaches the river.
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Thy desire . . . leads to no excess
That reaches blame. --Milton.
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7. To arrive at; to come to; to get as far as.
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Before this letter reaches your hands. --Pope.
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8. To arrive at by effort of any kind; to attain to; to gain;
to be advanced to.
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The best account of the appearances of nature which
human penetration can reach, comes short of its
reality. --Cheyne.
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9. To understand; to comprehend. [Obs.]
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Do what, sir? I reach you not. --Beau. & Fl.
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10. To overreach; to deceive. [Obs.] --South.
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
distraught
(mass) | distraught
- zmätený |
draught
(mass) | draught
- ťah |
beast of draught
(encz) | beast of draught,tažné zvíře |
breeding and draught animals
(encz) | breeding and draught animals,základní stádo a tažná
zvířata [ekon.] rozvaha/balance sheet Ivan Masár |
distraught
(encz) | distraught,pološílený Martin M.distraught,rozrušený adj: Zdeněk Broždistraught,rozrušený silně Martin M.distraught,téměř bez sebe Martin M.distraught,ve zmatku Martin M.distraught,zmatený Martin M.distraught,zmítaný Martin M. |
draught
(encz) | draught,dávka n: nápoje nebo medicíny BlueBeardraught,doušek n: BlueBeardraught,lok n: BlueBeardraught,průvan n: Milan Svobodadraught,tah n: Milan Svoboda |
draught beer
(encz) | draught beer,čepované pivo draught beer,čepovat |
draught horse
(encz) | draught horse,tažný kůň n: Milan Svoboda |
draughts
(encz) | draughts,hra dáma n: Zdeněk Brož |
draughtsman
(encz) | draughtsman,kreslíř n: Zdeněk Broždraughtsman,projektant n: Zdeněk Brož |
draughtsmanship
(encz) | draughtsmanship,kreslířství n: Zdeněk Brož |
draughtsmen
(encz) | draughtsmen,figurky n: Zdeněk Broždraughtsmen,kreslíři n: Zdeněk Brož |
draughty
(encz) | draughty,vystavený průvanu Zdeněk Brož |
fraught
(encz) | fraught,mající adj: PetrVfraught,plný adj: PetrVfraught,přinášející s sebou adj: PetrVfraught,zneklidňující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
shallow-draught
(encz) | shallow-draught, adj: |
sleeping draught
(encz) | sleeping draught, n: |
Angle of draught
(gcide) | Draught \Draught\, n. [The same as draft, the spelling with gh
indicating an older pronunciation. See Draft, n., Draw.]
1. The act of drawing or pulling; as:
(a) The act of moving loads by drawing, as by beasts of
burden, and the like.
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A general custom of using oxen for all sort of
draught would be, perhaps, the greatest
improvement. --Sir W.
Temple.
(b) The drawing of a bowstring. [Obs.]
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She sent an arrow forth with mighty draught.
--Spenser.
(c) Act of drawing a net; a sweeping the water for fish.
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Upon the draught of a pond, not one fish was
left. --Sir M. Hale.
(d) The act of drawing liquor into the mouth and throat;
the act of drinking.
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In his hands he took the goblet, but a while the
draught forbore. --Trench.
(e) A sudden attack or drawing upon an enemy. [Obs.]
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By drawing sudden draughts upon the enemy when
he looketh not for you. --Spenser.
(f) (Mil.) The act of selecting or detaching soldiers; a
draft (see Draft, n., 2)
(g) The act of drawing up, marking out, or delineating;
representation. --Dryden.
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2. That which is drawn; as:
(a) That which is taken by sweeping with a net.
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Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets
for a draught. --Luke v. 4.
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He laid down his pipe, and cast his net, which
brought him a very great draught. --L'Estrange.
(b) (Mil.) The force drawn; a detachment; -- in this sense
usually written draft.
(c) The quantity drawn in at once in drinking; a potion or
potation.
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Disguise thyself as thou wilt, still, Slavery, .
. . still thou art a bitter draught. --Sterne.
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Low lies that house where nut-brown draughts
inspired. --Goldsmith.
(d) A sketch, outline, or representation, whether written,
designed, or drawn; a delineation.
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A draught of a Toleration Act was offered to the
Parliament by a private member. --Macaulay.
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No picture or draught of these things from the
report of the eye. --South.
(e) (Com.) An order for the payment of money; -- in this
sense almost always written draft.
(f) A current of air moving through an inclosed place, as
through a room or up a chimney. --Thackeray.
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He preferred to go and sit upon the stairs, in .
. . a strong draught of air, until he was again
sent for. --Dickens.
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3. That which draws; as:
(a) A team of oxen or horses. --Blackstone.
(b) A sink or drain; a privy. --Shak. --Matt. xv. 17.
(c) pl. (Med.) A mild vesicatory; a sinapism; as, to apply
draughts to the feet.
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4. Capacity of being drawn; force necessary to draw;
traction.
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The Hertfordshire wheel plow . . . is of the easiest
draught. --Mortimer.
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5. (Naut.) The depth of water necessary to float a ship, or
the depth a ship sinks in water, especially when laden;
as, a ship of twelve feet draught.
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6. (Com.) An allowance on weighable goods. [Eng.] See
Draft, 4.
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7. A move, as at chess or checkers. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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8. The bevel given to the pattern for a casting, in order
that it may be drawn from the sand without injury to the
mold.
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9. (Masonry) See Draft, n., 7.
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Angle of draught, the angle made with the plane over which
a body is drawn by the line in which the pulling force
acts, when the latter has the direction best adapted to
overcome the obstacles of friction and the weight of the
body.
Black draught. See under Black, a.
Blast draught, or Forced draught, the draught produced by
a blower, as by blowing in air beneath a fire or drawing
out the gases from above it.
Natural draught, the draught produced by the atmosphere
flowing, by its own weight, into a chimney wherein the air
is rarefied by heat.
On draught, so as to be drawn from the wood (as a cask,
barrel, etc.) in distinction from being bottled; as, ale
on draught.
Sheer draught. See under Sheer.
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Arraught
(gcide) | Arraught \Ar*raught"\ [The past tense of an old v. areach or
arreach. Cf. Reach, obs. pret. raught.]
Obtained; seized. --Spenser.
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Bestraught
(gcide) | Bestraught \Be*straught"\, a. [Pref. be- + straught; prob. here
used for distraught.]
Out of one's senses; distracted; mad. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Black draught
(gcide) | Black \Black\ (bl[a^]k), a. [OE. blak, AS. bl[ae]c; akin to
Icel. blakkr dark, swarthy, Sw. bl[aum]ck ink, Dan. bl[ae]k,
OHG. blach, LG. & D. blaken to burn with a black smoke. Not
akin to AS. bl[=a]c, E. bleak pallid. [root]98.]
1. Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the
color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark
color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a
color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes.
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O night, with hue so black! --Shak.
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2. In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in
darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the
heavens black with clouds.
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I spy a black, suspicious, threatening cloud.
--Shak.
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3. Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness;
destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked;
cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible. "This day's black
fate." "Black villainy." "Arise, black vengeance." "Black
day." "Black despair." --Shak.
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4. Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen;
foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.
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Note: Black is often used in self-explaining compound words;
as, black-eyed, black-faced, black-haired,
black-visaged.
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Black act, the English statute 9 George I, which makes it a
felony to appear armed in any park or warren, etc., or to
hunt or steal deer, etc., with the face blackened or
disguised. Subsequent acts inflicting heavy penalties for
malicious injuries to cattle and machinery have been
called black acts.
Black angel (Zool.), a fish of the West Indies and Florida
(Holacanthus tricolor), with the head and tail yellow,
and the middle of the body black.
Black antimony (Chem.), the black sulphide of antimony,
Sb2S3, used in pyrotechnics, etc.
Black bear (Zool.), the common American bear ({Ursus
Americanus}).
Black beast. See {B[^e]te noire}.
Black beetle (Zool.), the common large cockroach ({Blatta
orientalis}).
Black bonnet (Zool.), the black-headed bunting ({Embriza
Sch[oe]niclus}) of Europe.
Black canker, a disease in turnips and other crops,
produced by a species of caterpillar.
Black cat (Zool.), the fisher, a quadruped of North America
allied to the sable, but larger. See Fisher.
Black cattle, any bovine cattle reared for slaughter, in
distinction from dairy cattle. [Eng.]
Black cherry. See under Cherry.
Black cockatoo (Zool.), the palm cockatoo. See Cockatoo.
Black copper. Same as Melaconite.
Black currant. (Bot.) See Currant.
Black diamond. (Min.) See Carbonado.
Black draught (Med.), a cathartic medicine, composed of
senna and magnesia.
Black drop (Med.), vinegar of opium; a narcotic preparation
consisting essentially of a solution of opium in vinegar.
Black earth, mold; earth of a dark color. --Woodward.
Black flag, the flag of a pirate, often bearing in white a
skull and crossbones; a signal of defiance.
Black flea (Zool.), a flea beetle (Haltica nemorum)
injurious to turnips.
Black flux, a mixture of carbonate of potash and charcoal,
obtained by deflagrating tartar with half its weight of
niter. --Brande & C.
Black Forest [a translation of G. Schwarzwald], a forest in
Baden and W["u]rtemburg, in Germany; a part of the ancient
Hercynian forest.
Black game, or Black grouse. (Zool.) See Blackcock,
Grouse, and Heath grouse.
Black grass (Bot.), a grasslike rush of the species {Juncus
Gerardi}, growing on salt marshes, and making good hay.
Black gum (Bot.), an American tree, the tupelo or
pepperidge. See Tupelo.
Black Hamburg (grape) (Bot.), a sweet and juicy variety of
dark purple or "black" grape.
Black horse (Zool.), a fish of the Mississippi valley
(Cycleptus elongatus), of the sucker family; the
Missouri sucker.
Black lemur (Zool.), the Lemurniger of Madagascar; the
acoumbo of the natives.
Black list, a list of persons who are for some reason
thought deserving of censure or punishment; -- esp. a list
of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, made
for the protection of tradesmen or employers. See
Blacklist, v. t.
Black manganese (Chem.), the black oxide of manganese,
MnO2.
Black Maria, the close wagon in which prisoners are carried
to or from jail.
Black martin (Zool.), the chimney swift. See Swift.
Black moss (Bot.), the common so-called long moss of the
southern United States. See Tillandsia.
Black oak. See under Oak.
Black ocher. See Wad.
Black pigment, a very fine, light carbonaceous substance,
or lampblack, prepared chiefly for the manufacture of
printers' ink. It is obtained by burning common coal tar.
Black plate, sheet iron before it is tinned. --Knight.
Black quarter, malignant anthrax with engorgement of a
shoulder or quarter, etc., as of an ox.
Black rat (Zool.), one of the species of rats ({Mus
rattus}), commonly infesting houses.
Black rent. See Blackmail, n., 3.
Black rust, a disease of wheat, in which a black, moist
matter is deposited in the fissures of the grain.
Black sheep, one in a family or company who is unlike the
rest, and makes trouble.
Black silver. (Min.) See under Silver.
Black and tan, black mixed or spotted with tan color or
reddish brown; -- used in describing certain breeds of
dogs.
Black tea. See under Tea.
Black tin (Mining), tin ore (cassiterite), when dressed,
stamped and washed, ready for smelting. It is in the form
of a black powder, like fine sand. --Knight.
Black walnut. See under Walnut.
Black warrior (Zool.), an American hawk (Buteo Harlani).
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Syn: Dark; murky; pitchy; inky; somber; dusky; gloomy; swart;
Cimmerian; ebon; atrocious.
[1913 Webster]Draught \Draught\, n. [The same as draft, the spelling with gh
indicating an older pronunciation. See Draft, n., Draw.]
1. The act of drawing or pulling; as:
(a) The act of moving loads by drawing, as by beasts of
burden, and the like.
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A general custom of using oxen for all sort of
draught would be, perhaps, the greatest
improvement. --Sir W.
Temple.
(b) The drawing of a bowstring. [Obs.]
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She sent an arrow forth with mighty draught.
--Spenser.
(c) Act of drawing a net; a sweeping the water for fish.
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Upon the draught of a pond, not one fish was
left. --Sir M. Hale.
(d) The act of drawing liquor into the mouth and throat;
the act of drinking.
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In his hands he took the goblet, but a while the
draught forbore. --Trench.
(e) A sudden attack or drawing upon an enemy. [Obs.]
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By drawing sudden draughts upon the enemy when
he looketh not for you. --Spenser.
(f) (Mil.) The act of selecting or detaching soldiers; a
draft (see Draft, n., 2)
(g) The act of drawing up, marking out, or delineating;
representation. --Dryden.
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2. That which is drawn; as:
(a) That which is taken by sweeping with a net.
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Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets
for a draught. --Luke v. 4.
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He laid down his pipe, and cast his net, which
brought him a very great draught. --L'Estrange.
(b) (Mil.) The force drawn; a detachment; -- in this sense
usually written draft.
(c) The quantity drawn in at once in drinking; a potion or
potation.
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Disguise thyself as thou wilt, still, Slavery, .
. . still thou art a bitter draught. --Sterne.
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Low lies that house where nut-brown draughts
inspired. --Goldsmith.
(d) A sketch, outline, or representation, whether written,
designed, or drawn; a delineation.
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A draught of a Toleration Act was offered to the
Parliament by a private member. --Macaulay.
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No picture or draught of these things from the
report of the eye. --South.
(e) (Com.) An order for the payment of money; -- in this
sense almost always written draft.
(f) A current of air moving through an inclosed place, as
through a room or up a chimney. --Thackeray.
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He preferred to go and sit upon the stairs, in .
. . a strong draught of air, until he was again
sent for. --Dickens.
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3. That which draws; as:
(a) A team of oxen or horses. --Blackstone.
(b) A sink or drain; a privy. --Shak. --Matt. xv. 17.
(c) pl. (Med.) A mild vesicatory; a sinapism; as, to apply
draughts to the feet.
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4. Capacity of being drawn; force necessary to draw;
traction.
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The Hertfordshire wheel plow . . . is of the easiest
draught. --Mortimer.
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5. (Naut.) The depth of water necessary to float a ship, or
the depth a ship sinks in water, especially when laden;
as, a ship of twelve feet draught.
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6. (Com.) An allowance on weighable goods. [Eng.] See
Draft, 4.
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7. A move, as at chess or checkers. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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8. The bevel given to the pattern for a casting, in order
that it may be drawn from the sand without injury to the
mold.
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9. (Masonry) See Draft, n., 7.
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Angle of draught, the angle made with the plane over which
a body is drawn by the line in which the pulling force
acts, when the latter has the direction best adapted to
overcome the obstacles of friction and the weight of the
body.
Black draught. See under Black, a.
Blast draught, or Forced draught, the draught produced by
a blower, as by blowing in air beneath a fire or drawing
out the gases from above it.
Natural draught, the draught produced by the atmosphere
flowing, by its own weight, into a chimney wherein the air
is rarefied by heat.
On draught, so as to be drawn from the wood (as a cask,
barrel, etc.) in distinction from being bottled; as, ale
on draught.
Sheer draught. See under Sheer.
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Blast draught
(gcide) | Draught \Draught\, n. [The same as draft, the spelling with gh
indicating an older pronunciation. See Draft, n., Draw.]
1. The act of drawing or pulling; as:
(a) The act of moving loads by drawing, as by beasts of
burden, and the like.
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A general custom of using oxen for all sort of
draught would be, perhaps, the greatest
improvement. --Sir W.
Temple.
(b) The drawing of a bowstring. [Obs.]
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She sent an arrow forth with mighty draught.
--Spenser.
(c) Act of drawing a net; a sweeping the water for fish.
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Upon the draught of a pond, not one fish was
left. --Sir M. Hale.
(d) The act of drawing liquor into the mouth and throat;
the act of drinking.
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In his hands he took the goblet, but a while the
draught forbore. --Trench.
(e) A sudden attack or drawing upon an enemy. [Obs.]
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By drawing sudden draughts upon the enemy when
he looketh not for you. --Spenser.
(f) (Mil.) The act of selecting or detaching soldiers; a
draft (see Draft, n., 2)
(g) The act of drawing up, marking out, or delineating;
representation. --Dryden.
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2. That which is drawn; as:
(a) That which is taken by sweeping with a net.
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Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets
for a draught. --Luke v. 4.
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He laid down his pipe, and cast his net, which
brought him a very great draught. --L'Estrange.
(b) (Mil.) The force drawn; a detachment; -- in this sense
usually written draft.
(c) The quantity drawn in at once in drinking; a potion or
potation.
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Disguise thyself as thou wilt, still, Slavery, .
. . still thou art a bitter draught. --Sterne.
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Low lies that house where nut-brown draughts
inspired. --Goldsmith.
(d) A sketch, outline, or representation, whether written,
designed, or drawn; a delineation.
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A draught of a Toleration Act was offered to the
Parliament by a private member. --Macaulay.
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No picture or draught of these things from the
report of the eye. --South.
(e) (Com.) An order for the payment of money; -- in this
sense almost always written draft.
(f) A current of air moving through an inclosed place, as
through a room or up a chimney. --Thackeray.
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He preferred to go and sit upon the stairs, in .
. . a strong draught of air, until he was again
sent for. --Dickens.
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3. That which draws; as:
(a) A team of oxen or horses. --Blackstone.
(b) A sink or drain; a privy. --Shak. --Matt. xv. 17.
(c) pl. (Med.) A mild vesicatory; a sinapism; as, to apply
draughts to the feet.
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4. Capacity of being drawn; force necessary to draw;
traction.
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The Hertfordshire wheel plow . . . is of the easiest
draught. --Mortimer.
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5. (Naut.) The depth of water necessary to float a ship, or
the depth a ship sinks in water, especially when laden;
as, a ship of twelve feet draught.
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6. (Com.) An allowance on weighable goods. [Eng.] See
Draft, 4.
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7. A move, as at chess or checkers. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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8. The bevel given to the pattern for a casting, in order
that it may be drawn from the sand without injury to the
mold.
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9. (Masonry) See Draft, n., 7.
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Angle of draught, the angle made with the plane over which
a body is drawn by the line in which the pulling force
acts, when the latter has the direction best adapted to
overcome the obstacles of friction and the weight of the
body.
Black draught. See under Black, a.
Blast draught, or Forced draught, the draught produced by
a blower, as by blowing in air beneath a fire or drawing
out the gases from above it.
Natural draught, the draught produced by the atmosphere
flowing, by its own weight, into a chimney wherein the air
is rarefied by heat.
On draught, so as to be drawn from the wood (as a cask,
barrel, etc.) in distinction from being bottled; as, ale
on draught.
Sheer draught. See under Sheer.
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Distraught
(gcide) | Distract \Dis*tract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distracted, old p.
p. Distraught; p. pr. & vb. n. Distracting.]
1. To draw apart or away; to divide; to disjoin.
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A city . . . distracted from itself. --Fuller.
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2. To draw (the sight, mind, or attention) in different
directions; to perplex; to confuse; as, to distract the
eye; to distract the attention.
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Mixed metaphors . . . distract the imagination.
--Goldsmith.
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3. To agitate by conflicting passions, or by a variety of
motives or of cares; to confound; to harass.
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Horror and doubt distract
His troubled thoughts. --Milton.
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4. To unsettle the reason of; to render insane; to craze; to
madden; -- most frequently used in the participle,
distracted.
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A poor mad soul; . . . poverty hath distracted her.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]Distraught \Dis*traught"\, p. p. & a. [OE. distract, distrauht.
See Distract, a.]
1. Torn asunder; separated. [Obs.] "His greedy throat . . .
distraught." --Spenser.
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2. Distracted; perplexed. "Distraught twixt fear and pity."
--Spenser.
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As if thou wert distraught and mad with terror.
--Shak.
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To doubt betwixt our senses and our souls
Which are the most distraught and full of pain.
--Mrs.
Browning.
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Distraughted
(gcide) | Distraughted \Dis*traught"ed\, a.
Distracted. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Down draught
(gcide) | Down \Down\, a.
1. Downcast; as, a down look. [R.]
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2. Downright; absolute; positive; as, a down denial. [Obs.]
--Beau. & Fl.
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3. Downward; going down; sloping; as, a down stroke; a down
grade; a down train on a railway.
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Down draught, a downward draft, as in a flue, chimney,
shaft of a mine, etc.
Down in the mouth, Down at the mouth chopfallen;
dejected.
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draught
(gcide) | Angle \An"gle\ ([a^][ng]"g'l), n. [F. angle, L. angulus angle,
corner; akin to uncus hook, Gr. 'agky`los bent, crooked,
angular, 'a`gkos a bend or hollow, AS. angel hook, fish-hook,
G. angel, and F. anchor.]
1. The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet; a
corner; a nook.
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Into the utmost angle of the world. --Spenser.
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To search the tenderest angles of the heart.
--Milton.
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2. (Geom.)
(a) The figure made by. two lines which meet.
(b) The difference of direction of two lines. In the lines
meet, the point of meeting is the vertex of the angle.
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3. A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.
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Though but an angle reached him of the stone.
--Dryden.
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4. (Astrol.) A name given to four of the twelve astrological
"houses." [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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5. [AS. angel.] A fishhook; tackle for catching fish,
consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a
rod.
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Give me mine angle: we 'll to the river there.
--Shak.
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A fisher next his trembling angle bears. --Pope.
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Acute angle, one less than a right angle, or less than
90[deg].
Adjacent or Contiguous angles, such as have one leg
common to both angles.
Alternate angles. See Alternate.
Angle bar.
(a) (Carp.) An upright bar at the angle where two faces of
a polygonal or bay window meet. --Knight.
(b) (Mach.) Same as Angle iron.
Angle bead (Arch.), a bead worked on or fixed to the angle
of any architectural work, esp. for protecting an angle of
a wall.
Angle brace, Angle tie (Carp.), a brace across an
interior angle of a wooden frame, forming the hypothenuse
and securing the two side pieces together. --Knight.
Angle iron (Mach.), a rolled bar or plate of iron having
one or more angles, used for forming the corners, or
connecting or sustaining the sides of an iron structure to
which it is riveted.
Angle leaf (Arch.), a detail in the form of a leaf, more or
less conventionalized, used to decorate and sometimes to
strengthen an angle.
Angle meter, an instrument for measuring angles, esp. for
ascertaining the dip of strata.
Angle shaft (Arch.), an enriched angle bead, often having a
capital or base, or both.
Curvilineal angle, one formed by two curved lines.
External angles, angles formed by the sides of any
right-lined figure, when the sides are produced or
lengthened.
Facial angle. See under Facial.
Internal angles, those which are within any right-lined
figure.
Mixtilineal angle, one formed by a right line with a curved
line.
Oblique angle, one acute or obtuse, in opposition to a
right angle.
Obtuse angle, one greater than a right angle, or more than
90[deg].
Optic angle. See under Optic.
Rectilineal or Right-lined angle, one formed by two right
lines.
Right angle, one formed by a right line falling on another
perpendicularly, or an angle of 90[deg] (measured by a
quarter circle).
Solid angle, the figure formed by the meeting of three or
more plane angles at one point.
Spherical angle, one made by the meeting of two arcs of
great circles, which mutually cut one another on the
surface of a globe or sphere.
Visual angle, the angle formed by two rays of light, or two
straight lines drawn from the extreme points of an object
to the center of the eye.
For Angles of commutation, draught, incidence,
reflection, refraction, position, repose, fraction,
see Commutation, Draught, Incidence, Reflection,
Refraction, etc.
[1913 Webster]Draught \Draught\, n. [The same as draft, the spelling with gh
indicating an older pronunciation. See Draft, n., Draw.]
1. The act of drawing or pulling; as:
(a) The act of moving loads by drawing, as by beasts of
burden, and the like.
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A general custom of using oxen for all sort of
draught would be, perhaps, the greatest
improvement. --Sir W.
Temple.
(b) The drawing of a bowstring. [Obs.]
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She sent an arrow forth with mighty draught.
--Spenser.
(c) Act of drawing a net; a sweeping the water for fish.
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Upon the draught of a pond, not one fish was
left. --Sir M. Hale.
(d) The act of drawing liquor into the mouth and throat;
the act of drinking.
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In his hands he took the goblet, but a while the
draught forbore. --Trench.
(e) A sudden attack or drawing upon an enemy. [Obs.]
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By drawing sudden draughts upon the enemy when
he looketh not for you. --Spenser.
(f) (Mil.) The act of selecting or detaching soldiers; a
draft (see Draft, n., 2)
(g) The act of drawing up, marking out, or delineating;
representation. --Dryden.
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2. That which is drawn; as:
(a) That which is taken by sweeping with a net.
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Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets
for a draught. --Luke v. 4.
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He laid down his pipe, and cast his net, which
brought him a very great draught. --L'Estrange.
(b) (Mil.) The force drawn; a detachment; -- in this sense
usually written draft.
(c) The quantity drawn in at once in drinking; a potion or
potation.
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Disguise thyself as thou wilt, still, Slavery, .
. . still thou art a bitter draught. --Sterne.
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Low lies that house where nut-brown draughts
inspired. --Goldsmith.
(d) A sketch, outline, or representation, whether written,
designed, or drawn; a delineation.
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A draught of a Toleration Act was offered to the
Parliament by a private member. --Macaulay.
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No picture or draught of these things from the
report of the eye. --South.
(e) (Com.) An order for the payment of money; -- in this
sense almost always written draft.
(f) A current of air moving through an inclosed place, as
through a room or up a chimney. --Thackeray.
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He preferred to go and sit upon the stairs, in .
. . a strong draught of air, until he was again
sent for. --Dickens.
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3. That which draws; as:
(a) A team of oxen or horses. --Blackstone.
(b) A sink or drain; a privy. --Shak. --Matt. xv. 17.
(c) pl. (Med.) A mild vesicatory; a sinapism; as, to apply
draughts to the feet.
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4. Capacity of being drawn; force necessary to draw;
traction.
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The Hertfordshire wheel plow . . . is of the easiest
draught. --Mortimer.
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5. (Naut.) The depth of water necessary to float a ship, or
the depth a ship sinks in water, especially when laden;
as, a ship of twelve feet draught.
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6. (Com.) An allowance on weighable goods. [Eng.] See
Draft, 4.
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7. A move, as at chess or checkers. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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8. The bevel given to the pattern for a casting, in order
that it may be drawn from the sand without injury to the
mold.
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9. (Masonry) See Draft, n., 7.
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Angle of draught, the angle made with the plane over which
a body is drawn by the line in which the pulling force
acts, when the latter has the direction best adapted to
overcome the obstacles of friction and the weight of the
body.
Black draught. See under Black, a.
Blast draught, or Forced draught, the draught produced by
a blower, as by blowing in air beneath a fire or drawing
out the gases from above it.
Natural draught, the draught produced by the atmosphere
flowing, by its own weight, into a chimney wherein the air
is rarefied by heat.
On draught, so as to be drawn from the wood (as a cask,
barrel, etc.) in distinction from being bottled; as, ale
on draught.
Sheer draught. See under Sheer.
[1913 Webster]Draught \Draught\, a.
1. Used for drawing vehicles, loads, etc.; as, a draught
beast; draught hooks.
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2. Relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of
air.
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3. Used in making drawings; as, draught compasses.
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4. Drawn directly from the barrel, or other receptacle, in
distinction from bottled; on draught; -- said of ale,
cider, and the like.
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Note: This word, especially in the first and second meanings,
is often written draft, a spelling which is approved by
many authorities.
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Draught box. See Draught tube, below.
Draught engine (Mining), an engine used for pumping,
raising heavy weights, and the like.
Draught hook (Mil.), one of the hooks on a cannon carriage,
used in drawing the gun backward and forward.
Draught horse, a horse employed in drawing loads, plowing,
etc., as distinguished from a saddle horse or carriage
horse.
Draught net, a seine or hauling net.
Draught ox, an ox employed in hauling loads, plowing, etc.
Draught tube (Water Wheels), an air-tight pipe extending
downward into the tailrace from a turbine wheel located
above it, to make the whole fall available; -- called also
draught box.
[1913 Webster]Draught \Draught\ (dr[.a]ft), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Draughted;
p. pr. & vb. n. Draughting.]
1. To draw out; to call forth. See Draft. --Addison.
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2. To diminish or exhaust by drawing. [R.]
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The Parliament so often draughted and drained. --Sir
W. Scott.
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3. To draw in outline; to make a draught, sketch, or plan of,
as in architectural and mechanical drawing.
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Draughting room, a room draughtsmen to work in, and where
plans are kept.
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Draught
(gcide) | Angle \An"gle\ ([a^][ng]"g'l), n. [F. angle, L. angulus angle,
corner; akin to uncus hook, Gr. 'agky`los bent, crooked,
angular, 'a`gkos a bend or hollow, AS. angel hook, fish-hook,
G. angel, and F. anchor.]
1. The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet; a
corner; a nook.
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Into the utmost angle of the world. --Spenser.
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To search the tenderest angles of the heart.
--Milton.
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2. (Geom.)
(a) The figure made by. two lines which meet.
(b) The difference of direction of two lines. In the lines
meet, the point of meeting is the vertex of the angle.
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3. A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.
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Though but an angle reached him of the stone.
--Dryden.
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4. (Astrol.) A name given to four of the twelve astrological
"houses." [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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5. [AS. angel.] A fishhook; tackle for catching fish,
consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a
rod.
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Give me mine angle: we 'll to the river there.
--Shak.
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A fisher next his trembling angle bears. --Pope.
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Acute angle, one less than a right angle, or less than
90[deg].
Adjacent or Contiguous angles, such as have one leg
common to both angles.
Alternate angles. See Alternate.
Angle bar.
(a) (Carp.) An upright bar at the angle where two faces of
a polygonal or bay window meet. --Knight.
(b) (Mach.) Same as Angle iron.
Angle bead (Arch.), a bead worked on or fixed to the angle
of any architectural work, esp. for protecting an angle of
a wall.
Angle brace, Angle tie (Carp.), a brace across an
interior angle of a wooden frame, forming the hypothenuse
and securing the two side pieces together. --Knight.
Angle iron (Mach.), a rolled bar or plate of iron having
one or more angles, used for forming the corners, or
connecting or sustaining the sides of an iron structure to
which it is riveted.
Angle leaf (Arch.), a detail in the form of a leaf, more or
less conventionalized, used to decorate and sometimes to
strengthen an angle.
Angle meter, an instrument for measuring angles, esp. for
ascertaining the dip of strata.
Angle shaft (Arch.), an enriched angle bead, often having a
capital or base, or both.
Curvilineal angle, one formed by two curved lines.
External angles, angles formed by the sides of any
right-lined figure, when the sides are produced or
lengthened.
Facial angle. See under Facial.
Internal angles, those which are within any right-lined
figure.
Mixtilineal angle, one formed by a right line with a curved
line.
Oblique angle, one acute or obtuse, in opposition to a
right angle.
Obtuse angle, one greater than a right angle, or more than
90[deg].
Optic angle. See under Optic.
Rectilineal or Right-lined angle, one formed by two right
lines.
Right angle, one formed by a right line falling on another
perpendicularly, or an angle of 90[deg] (measured by a
quarter circle).
Solid angle, the figure formed by the meeting of three or
more plane angles at one point.
Spherical angle, one made by the meeting of two arcs of
great circles, which mutually cut one another on the
surface of a globe or sphere.
Visual angle, the angle formed by two rays of light, or two
straight lines drawn from the extreme points of an object
to the center of the eye.
For Angles of commutation, draught, incidence,
reflection, refraction, position, repose, fraction,
see Commutation, Draught, Incidence, Reflection,
Refraction, etc.
[1913 Webster]Draught \Draught\, n. [The same as draft, the spelling with gh
indicating an older pronunciation. See Draft, n., Draw.]
1. The act of drawing or pulling; as:
(a) The act of moving loads by drawing, as by beasts of
burden, and the like.
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A general custom of using oxen for all sort of
draught would be, perhaps, the greatest
improvement. --Sir W.
Temple.
(b) The drawing of a bowstring. [Obs.]
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She sent an arrow forth with mighty draught.
--Spenser.
(c) Act of drawing a net; a sweeping the water for fish.
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Upon the draught of a pond, not one fish was
left. --Sir M. Hale.
(d) The act of drawing liquor into the mouth and throat;
the act of drinking.
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In his hands he took the goblet, but a while the
draught forbore. --Trench.
(e) A sudden attack or drawing upon an enemy. [Obs.]
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By drawing sudden draughts upon the enemy when
he looketh not for you. --Spenser.
(f) (Mil.) The act of selecting or detaching soldiers; a
draft (see Draft, n., 2)
(g) The act of drawing up, marking out, or delineating;
representation. --Dryden.
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2. That which is drawn; as:
(a) That which is taken by sweeping with a net.
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Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets
for a draught. --Luke v. 4.
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He laid down his pipe, and cast his net, which
brought him a very great draught. --L'Estrange.
(b) (Mil.) The force drawn; a detachment; -- in this sense
usually written draft.
(c) The quantity drawn in at once in drinking; a potion or
potation.
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Disguise thyself as thou wilt, still, Slavery, .
. . still thou art a bitter draught. --Sterne.
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Low lies that house where nut-brown draughts
inspired. --Goldsmith.
(d) A sketch, outline, or representation, whether written,
designed, or drawn; a delineation.
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A draught of a Toleration Act was offered to the
Parliament by a private member. --Macaulay.
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No picture or draught of these things from the
report of the eye. --South.
(e) (Com.) An order for the payment of money; -- in this
sense almost always written draft.
(f) A current of air moving through an inclosed place, as
through a room or up a chimney. --Thackeray.
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He preferred to go and sit upon the stairs, in .
. . a strong draught of air, until he was again
sent for. --Dickens.
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3. That which draws; as:
(a) A team of oxen or horses. --Blackstone.
(b) A sink or drain; a privy. --Shak. --Matt. xv. 17.
(c) pl. (Med.) A mild vesicatory; a sinapism; as, to apply
draughts to the feet.
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4. Capacity of being drawn; force necessary to draw;
traction.
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The Hertfordshire wheel plow . . . is of the easiest
draught. --Mortimer.
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5. (Naut.) The depth of water necessary to float a ship, or
the depth a ship sinks in water, especially when laden;
as, a ship of twelve feet draught.
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6. (Com.) An allowance on weighable goods. [Eng.] See
Draft, 4.
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7. A move, as at chess or checkers. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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8. The bevel given to the pattern for a casting, in order
that it may be drawn from the sand without injury to the
mold.
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9. (Masonry) See Draft, n., 7.
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Angle of draught, the angle made with the plane over which
a body is drawn by the line in which the pulling force
acts, when the latter has the direction best adapted to
overcome the obstacles of friction and the weight of the
body.
Black draught. See under Black, a.
Blast draught, or Forced draught, the draught produced by
a blower, as by blowing in air beneath a fire or drawing
out the gases from above it.
Natural draught, the draught produced by the atmosphere
flowing, by its own weight, into a chimney wherein the air
is rarefied by heat.
On draught, so as to be drawn from the wood (as a cask,
barrel, etc.) in distinction from being bottled; as, ale
on draught.
Sheer draught. See under Sheer.
[1913 Webster]Draught \Draught\, a.
1. Used for drawing vehicles, loads, etc.; as, a draught
beast; draught hooks.
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2. Relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of
air.
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3. Used in making drawings; as, draught compasses.
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4. Drawn directly from the barrel, or other receptacle, in
distinction from bottled; on draught; -- said of ale,
cider, and the like.
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Note: This word, especially in the first and second meanings,
is often written draft, a spelling which is approved by
many authorities.
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Draught box. See Draught tube, below.
Draught engine (Mining), an engine used for pumping,
raising heavy weights, and the like.
Draught hook (Mil.), one of the hooks on a cannon carriage,
used in drawing the gun backward and forward.
Draught horse, a horse employed in drawing loads, plowing,
etc., as distinguished from a saddle horse or carriage
horse.
Draught net, a seine or hauling net.
Draught ox, an ox employed in hauling loads, plowing, etc.
Draught tube (Water Wheels), an air-tight pipe extending
downward into the tailrace from a turbine wheel located
above it, to make the whole fall available; -- called also
draught box.
[1913 Webster]Draught \Draught\ (dr[.a]ft), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Draughted;
p. pr. & vb. n. Draughting.]
1. To draw out; to call forth. See Draft. --Addison.
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2. To diminish or exhaust by drawing. [R.]
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The Parliament so often draughted and drained. --Sir
W. Scott.
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3. To draw in outline; to make a draught, sketch, or plan of,
as in architectural and mechanical drawing.
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Draughting room, a room draughtsmen to work in, and where
plans are kept.
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Draught box
(gcide) | Draught \Draught\, a.
1. Used for drawing vehicles, loads, etc.; as, a draught
beast; draught hooks.
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2. Relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of
air.
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3. Used in making drawings; as, draught compasses.
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4. Drawn directly from the barrel, or other receptacle, in
distinction from bottled; on draught; -- said of ale,
cider, and the like.
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Note: This word, especially in the first and second meanings,
is often written draft, a spelling which is approved by
many authorities.
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Draught box. See Draught tube, below.
Draught engine (Mining), an engine used for pumping,
raising heavy weights, and the like.
Draught hook (Mil.), one of the hooks on a cannon carriage,
used in drawing the gun backward and forward.
Draught horse, a horse employed in drawing loads, plowing,
etc., as distinguished from a saddle horse or carriage
horse.
Draught net, a seine or hauling net.
Draught ox, an ox employed in hauling loads, plowing, etc.
Draught tube (Water Wheels), an air-tight pipe extending
downward into the tailrace from a turbine wheel located
above it, to make the whole fall available; -- called also
draught box.
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draught box
(gcide) | Draught \Draught\, a.
1. Used for drawing vehicles, loads, etc.; as, a draught
beast; draught hooks.
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2. Relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of
air.
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3. Used in making drawings; as, draught compasses.
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4. Drawn directly from the barrel, or other receptacle, in
distinction from bottled; on draught; -- said of ale,
cider, and the like.
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Note: This word, especially in the first and second meanings,
is often written draft, a spelling which is approved by
many authorities.
[1913 Webster]
Draught box. See Draught tube, below.
Draught engine (Mining), an engine used for pumping,
raising heavy weights, and the like.
Draught hook (Mil.), one of the hooks on a cannon carriage,
used in drawing the gun backward and forward.
Draught horse, a horse employed in drawing loads, plowing,
etc., as distinguished from a saddle horse or carriage
horse.
Draught net, a seine or hauling net.
Draught ox, an ox employed in hauling loads, plowing, etc.
Draught tube (Water Wheels), an air-tight pipe extending
downward into the tailrace from a turbine wheel located
above it, to make the whole fall available; -- called also
draught box.
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Draught engine
(gcide) | Draught \Draught\, a.
1. Used for drawing vehicles, loads, etc.; as, a draught
beast; draught hooks.
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2. Relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of
air.
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3. Used in making drawings; as, draught compasses.
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4. Drawn directly from the barrel, or other receptacle, in
distinction from bottled; on draught; -- said of ale,
cider, and the like.
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Note: This word, especially in the first and second meanings,
is often written draft, a spelling which is approved by
many authorities.
[1913 Webster]
Draught box. See Draught tube, below.
Draught engine (Mining), an engine used for pumping,
raising heavy weights, and the like.
Draught hook (Mil.), one of the hooks on a cannon carriage,
used in drawing the gun backward and forward.
Draught horse, a horse employed in drawing loads, plowing,
etc., as distinguished from a saddle horse or carriage
horse.
Draught net, a seine or hauling net.
Draught ox, an ox employed in hauling loads, plowing, etc.
Draught tube (Water Wheels), an air-tight pipe extending
downward into the tailrace from a turbine wheel located
above it, to make the whole fall available; -- called also
draught box.
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Draught hook
(gcide) | Draught \Draught\, a.
1. Used for drawing vehicles, loads, etc.; as, a draught
beast; draught hooks.
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2. Relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of
air.
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3. Used in making drawings; as, draught compasses.
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4. Drawn directly from the barrel, or other receptacle, in
distinction from bottled; on draught; -- said of ale,
cider, and the like.
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Note: This word, especially in the first and second meanings,
is often written draft, a spelling which is approved by
many authorities.
[1913 Webster]
Draught box. See Draught tube, below.
Draught engine (Mining), an engine used for pumping,
raising heavy weights, and the like.
Draught hook (Mil.), one of the hooks on a cannon carriage,
used in drawing the gun backward and forward.
Draught horse, a horse employed in drawing loads, plowing,
etc., as distinguished from a saddle horse or carriage
horse.
Draught net, a seine or hauling net.
Draught ox, an ox employed in hauling loads, plowing, etc.
Draught tube (Water Wheels), an air-tight pipe extending
downward into the tailrace from a turbine wheel located
above it, to make the whole fall available; -- called also
draught box.
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Draught horse
(gcide) | Draught \Draught\, a.
1. Used for drawing vehicles, loads, etc.; as, a draught
beast; draught hooks.
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2. Relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of
air.
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3. Used in making drawings; as, draught compasses.
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4. Drawn directly from the barrel, or other receptacle, in
distinction from bottled; on draught; -- said of ale,
cider, and the like.
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Note: This word, especially in the first and second meanings,
is often written draft, a spelling which is approved by
many authorities.
[1913 Webster]
Draught box. See Draught tube, below.
Draught engine (Mining), an engine used for pumping,
raising heavy weights, and the like.
Draught hook (Mil.), one of the hooks on a cannon carriage,
used in drawing the gun backward and forward.
Draught horse, a horse employed in drawing loads, plowing,
etc., as distinguished from a saddle horse or carriage
horse.
Draught net, a seine or hauling net.
Draught ox, an ox employed in hauling loads, plowing, etc.
Draught tube (Water Wheels), an air-tight pipe extending
downward into the tailrace from a turbine wheel located
above it, to make the whole fall available; -- called also
draught box.
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(gcide) | Draught \Draught\, a.
1. Used for drawing vehicles, loads, etc.; as, a draught
beast; draught hooks.
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2. Relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of
air.
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3. Used in making drawings; as, draught compasses.
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4. Drawn directly from the barrel, or other receptacle, in
distinction from bottled; on draught; -- said of ale,
cider, and the like.
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Note: This word, especially in the first and second meanings,
is often written draft, a spelling which is approved by
many authorities.
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Draught box. See Draught tube, below.
Draught engine (Mining), an engine used for pumping,
raising heavy weights, and the like.
Draught hook (Mil.), one of the hooks on a cannon carriage,
used in drawing the gun backward and forward.
Draught horse, a horse employed in drawing loads, plowing,
etc., as distinguished from a saddle horse or carriage
horse.
Draught net, a seine or hauling net.
Draught ox, an ox employed in hauling loads, plowing, etc.
Draught tube (Water Wheels), an air-tight pipe extending
downward into the tailrace from a turbine wheel located
above it, to make the whole fall available; -- called also
draught box.
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Draught ox
(gcide) | Draught \Draught\, a.
1. Used for drawing vehicles, loads, etc.; as, a draught
beast; draught hooks.
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2. Relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of
air.
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3. Used in making drawings; as, draught compasses.
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4. Drawn directly from the barrel, or other receptacle, in
distinction from bottled; on draught; -- said of ale,
cider, and the like.
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Note: This word, especially in the first and second meanings,
is often written draft, a spelling which is approved by
many authorities.
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Draught box. See Draught tube, below.
Draught engine (Mining), an engine used for pumping,
raising heavy weights, and the like.
Draught hook (Mil.), one of the hooks on a cannon carriage,
used in drawing the gun backward and forward.
Draught horse, a horse employed in drawing loads, plowing,
etc., as distinguished from a saddle horse or carriage
horse.
Draught net, a seine or hauling net.
Draught ox, an ox employed in hauling loads, plowing, etc.
Draught tube (Water Wheels), an air-tight pipe extending
downward into the tailrace from a turbine wheel located
above it, to make the whole fall available; -- called also
draught box.
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Draught tube
(gcide) | Draught \Draught\, a.
1. Used for drawing vehicles, loads, etc.; as, a draught
beast; draught hooks.
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2. Relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of
air.
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3. Used in making drawings; as, draught compasses.
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4. Drawn directly from the barrel, or other receptacle, in
distinction from bottled; on draught; -- said of ale,
cider, and the like.
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Note: This word, especially in the first and second meanings,
is often written draft, a spelling which is approved by
many authorities.
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Draught box. See Draught tube, below.
Draught engine (Mining), an engine used for pumping,
raising heavy weights, and the like.
Draught hook (Mil.), one of the hooks on a cannon carriage,
used in drawing the gun backward and forward.
Draught horse, a horse employed in drawing loads, plowing,
etc., as distinguished from a saddle horse or carriage
horse.
Draught net, a seine or hauling net.
Draught ox, an ox employed in hauling loads, plowing, etc.
Draught tube (Water Wheels), an air-tight pipe extending
downward into the tailrace from a turbine wheel located
above it, to make the whole fall available; -- called also
draught box.
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Draughtboard
(gcide) | Draughtboard \Draught"board`\ (-b[=o]rd`), n.
A checkered board on which draughts are played. See
Checkerboard.
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Draughted
(gcide) | Draught \Draught\ (dr[.a]ft), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Draughted;
p. pr. & vb. n. Draughting.]
1. To draw out; to call forth. See Draft. --Addison.
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2. To diminish or exhaust by drawing. [R.]
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The Parliament so often draughted and drained. --Sir
W. Scott.
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3. To draw in outline; to make a draught, sketch, or plan of,
as in architectural and mechanical drawing.
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Draughting room, a room draughtsmen to work in, and where
plans are kept.
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Draughthouse
(gcide) | Draughthouse \Draught"house`\ (-hous`), n.
A house for the reception of waste matter; a privy. [Obs.]
--2 Kings x. 27.
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Draughting
(gcide) | Draught \Draught\ (dr[.a]ft), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Draughted;
p. pr. & vb. n. Draughting.]
1. To draw out; to call forth. See Draft. --Addison.
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2. To diminish or exhaust by drawing. [R.]
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The Parliament so often draughted and drained. --Sir
W. Scott.
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3. To draw in outline; to make a draught, sketch, or plan of,
as in architectural and mechanical drawing.
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Draughting room, a room draughtsmen to work in, and where
plans are kept.
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Draughting room
(gcide) | Draught \Draught\ (dr[.a]ft), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Draughted;
p. pr. & vb. n. Draughting.]
1. To draw out; to call forth. See Draft. --Addison.
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2. To diminish or exhaust by drawing. [R.]
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The Parliament so often draughted and drained. --Sir
W. Scott.
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3. To draw in outline; to make a draught, sketch, or plan of,
as in architectural and mechanical drawing.
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Draughting room, a room draughtsmen to work in, and where
plans are kept.
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Draughts
(gcide) | Draughts \Draughts\, n. pl.
A mild vesicatory. See Draught, n., 3
(c) .
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A game, now more commonly called checkers. See Checkers.
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Note: Polish draughts is sometimes played with 40 pieces on
a board divided into 100 squares. --Am. Cyc.
[1913 Webster]Checkers \Check"ers\ (ch[e^]k"[~e]rz), n. pl. [See Checher,
v.]
A game, called also draughts, played on a checkerboard by
two persons, each having twelve men (counters or checkers)
which are moved diagonally. The game is ended when either of
the players has lost all his men, or can not move them.
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draughts
(gcide) | Draughts \Draughts\, n. pl.
A mild vesicatory. See Draught, n., 3
(c) .
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A game, now more commonly called checkers. See Checkers.
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Note: Polish draughts is sometimes played with 40 pieces on
a board divided into 100 squares. --Am. Cyc.
[1913 Webster]Checkers \Check"ers\ (ch[e^]k"[~e]rz), n. pl. [See Checher,
v.]
A game, called also draughts, played on a checkerboard by
two persons, each having twelve men (counters or checkers)
which are moved diagonally. The game is ended when either of
the players has lost all his men, or can not move them.
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Draughtsman
(gcide) | Draughtsman \Draughts"man\, n.; pl. Draughtsmen.
1. One who draws pleadings or other writings.
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2. One who draws plans and sketches of machinery, structures,
and places; also, more generally, one who makes drawings
of any kind.
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3. A "man" or piece used in the game of draughts.
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4. One who drinks drams; a tippler. [Obs.] --Tatler.
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Draughtsmanship
(gcide) | Draughtsmanship \Draughts"man*ship\, n.
The office, art, or work of a draughtsman.
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Draughtsmen
(gcide) | Draughtsman \Draughts"man\, n.; pl. Draughtsmen.
1. One who draws pleadings or other writings.
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2. One who draws plans and sketches of machinery, structures,
and places; also, more generally, one who makes drawings
of any kind.
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3. A "man" or piece used in the game of draughts.
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4. One who drinks drams; a tippler. [Obs.] --Tatler.
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Draughty
(gcide) | Draughty \Draught"y\, a.
Pertaining to a draught, or current of air; as, a draughtly,
comfortless room.
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Exhaust draught
(gcide) | Exhaust \Ex*haust"\, a. [L. exhaustus, p. p.]
1. Drained; exhausted; having expended or lost its energy.
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2. Pertaining to steam, air, gas, etc., that is released from
the cylinder of an engine after having preformed its work.
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Exhaust draught, a forced draught produced by drawing air
through a place, as through a furnace, instead of blowing
it through.
Exhaust fan, a fan blower so arranged as to produce an
exhaust draught, or to draw air or gas out of a place, as
out of a room in ventilating it.
Exhaust nozzle, Exhaust orifice (Steam Engine), the blast
orifice or nozzle.
Exhaust pipe (Steam Engine), the pipe that conveys exhaust
steam from the cylinder to the atmosphere or to the
condenser.
Exhaust port (Steam Engine), the opening, in the cylinder
or valve, by which the exhaust steam escapes.
Exhaust purifier (Milling), a machine for sorting grains,
or purifying middlings by an exhaust draught. --Knight.
Exhaust steam (Steam Engine), steam which is allowed to
escape from the cylinder after having been employed to
produce motion of the piston.
Exhaust valve (Steam Engine), a valve that lets exhaust
steam escape out of a cylinder.
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Extraught
(gcide) | Extraught \Ex`traught"\ ([e^]ks*tr[add]t"), p. p. of Extract.
[Cf. Distraught.]
Extracted; descended. [Obs.]
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Knowing whence thou art extraught --Shak.
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Forced draught
(gcide) | Forced \Forced\, a.
Done or produced with force or great labor, or by
extraordinary exertion; hurried; strained; produced by
unnatural effort or pressure; as, a forced style; a forced
laugh.
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Forced draught. See under Draught.
Forced march (Mil.), a march of one or more days made with
all possible speed. -- For"ced*ly, adv. --
For"ced*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]Draught \Draught\, n. [The same as draft, the spelling with gh
indicating an older pronunciation. See Draft, n., Draw.]
1. The act of drawing or pulling; as:
(a) The act of moving loads by drawing, as by beasts of
burden, and the like.
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A general custom of using oxen for all sort of
draught would be, perhaps, the greatest
improvement. --Sir W.
Temple.
(b) The drawing of a bowstring. [Obs.]
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She sent an arrow forth with mighty draught.
--Spenser.
(c) Act of drawing a net; a sweeping the water for fish.
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Upon the draught of a pond, not one fish was
left. --Sir M. Hale.
(d) The act of drawing liquor into the mouth and throat;
the act of drinking.
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In his hands he took the goblet, but a while the
draught forbore. --Trench.
(e) A sudden attack or drawing upon an enemy. [Obs.]
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By drawing sudden draughts upon the enemy when
he looketh not for you. --Spenser.
(f) (Mil.) The act of selecting or detaching soldiers; a
draft (see Draft, n., 2)
(g) The act of drawing up, marking out, or delineating;
representation. --Dryden.
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2. That which is drawn; as:
(a) That which is taken by sweeping with a net.
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Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets
for a draught. --Luke v. 4.
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He laid down his pipe, and cast his net, which
brought him a very great draught. --L'Estrange.
(b) (Mil.) The force drawn; a detachment; -- in this sense
usually written draft.
(c) The quantity drawn in at once in drinking; a potion or
potation.
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Disguise thyself as thou wilt, still, Slavery, .
. . still thou art a bitter draught. --Sterne.
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Low lies that house where nut-brown draughts
inspired. --Goldsmith.
(d) A sketch, outline, or representation, whether written,
designed, or drawn; a delineation.
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A draught of a Toleration Act was offered to the
Parliament by a private member. --Macaulay.
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No picture or draught of these things from the
report of the eye. --South.
(e) (Com.) An order for the payment of money; -- in this
sense almost always written draft.
(f) A current of air moving through an inclosed place, as
through a room or up a chimney. --Thackeray.
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He preferred to go and sit upon the stairs, in .
. . a strong draught of air, until he was again
sent for. --Dickens.
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3. That which draws; as:
(a) A team of oxen or horses. --Blackstone.
(b) A sink or drain; a privy. --Shak. --Matt. xv. 17.
(c) pl. (Med.) A mild vesicatory; a sinapism; as, to apply
draughts to the feet.
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4. Capacity of being drawn; force necessary to draw;
traction.
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The Hertfordshire wheel plow . . . is of the easiest
draught. --Mortimer.
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5. (Naut.) The depth of water necessary to float a ship, or
the depth a ship sinks in water, especially when laden;
as, a ship of twelve feet draught.
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6. (Com.) An allowance on weighable goods. [Eng.] See
Draft, 4.
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7. A move, as at chess or checkers. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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8. The bevel given to the pattern for a casting, in order
that it may be drawn from the sand without injury to the
mold.
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9. (Masonry) See Draft, n., 7.
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Angle of draught, the angle made with the plane over which
a body is drawn by the line in which the pulling force
acts, when the latter has the direction best adapted to
overcome the obstacles of friction and the weight of the
body.
Black draught. See under Black, a.
Blast draught, or Forced draught, the draught produced by
a blower, as by blowing in air beneath a fire or drawing
out the gases from above it.
Natural draught, the draught produced by the atmosphere
flowing, by its own weight, into a chimney wherein the air
is rarefied by heat.
On draught, so as to be drawn from the wood (as a cask,
barrel, etc.) in distinction from being bottled; as, ale
on draught.
Sheer draught. See under Sheer.
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Forstraught
(gcide) | Forstraught \For*straught"\, p. p. & a. [Pref. for- + straught;
cf. distraught.]
Distracted. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Fraught
(gcide) | Fraught \Fraught\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fraughted or Fraught;
p. pr. & vb. n. Fraughting.] [Akin to Dan. fragte, Sw.
frakta, D. bevrachten, G. frachten, cf. OHG. fr[=e]ht[=o]n to
deserve. See Fraught, n.]
To freight; to load; to burden; to fill; to crowd. [Obs.]
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Upon the tumbling billows fraughted ride
The armed ships. --Fairfax.
[1913 Webster]Fraught \Fraught\ (fr[add]t), n. [OE.fraight, fraght; akin to
Dan. fragt, Sw. frakt, D. vracht, G. fracht, cf. OHG.
fr[=e]ht merit, reward; perh. from a pref. corresponding to
E. for + The root of E. own. Cf. Freight.]
A freight; a cargo. [Obs.] --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Fraught \Fraught\, a.
Freighted; laden; filled; stored; charged.
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A vessel of our country richly fraught. --Shak.
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A discourse fraught with all the commending excellences
of speech. --South.
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Enterprises fraught with world-wide benefits. --I.
Taylor.
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