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draught    Audio Help   [draft, drahft] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.draughts, (used with a singular verb) British. the game of checkers.
2.Chiefly British. draft (defs. 1, 3–10, 18–25, 38).
–verb (used with object)
3.Chiefly British. draft (defs. 28–32).
–verb (used without object)
4.Chiefly British. draft (def. 33).
–adjective
5.Chiefly British. draft (defs. 35–37).

[Origin: 1150–1200; ME draht (c. D dracht, G Tracht, ON drāttr); akin to OE dragan to draw, drōht a pull (at the oars)]

draughter, noun

Draught is a variant spelling of draft and is normally pronounced the same way, as    Audio Help   [draft] Pronunciation Key or    Audio Help   [drahft] or with a vowel somewhere between    Audio Help   [a] and    Audio Help   [ah]. A pronunciation    Audio Help   [drawt] is sometimes heard for draught, perhaps because -aught is frequently pronounced    Audio Help   [-awt] elsewhere, as in caught and taught.
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draught    Audio Help   (dräft)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   , v. & adj. Chiefly British
Variant of draft.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
draught 
c.1205, from O.E. *dreaht, *dræht, related to dragan "to draw, drag" (see drag). Oldest sense besides that of "pulling" is of "drinking;" meaning "current of air" ("drawn" through an opening) is 18c. It retains the functions that did not branch off with draft. Draughts, British for what in U.S. is "checkers" is c.1400.

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draught

noun
1. a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg; "they served beer on draft" [syn: draft
2. a large and hurried swallow; "he finished it at a single gulp" [syn: gulp
3. a current of air (usually coming into a chimney or room or vehicle) [syn: draft
4. the depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially when loaded) [syn: draft
5. a dose of liquid medicine; "he took a sleeping draft" [syn: draft
6. the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling [syn: draft

verb
1. make a blueprint of [syn: blueprint

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
draught1 [draːft] noun
a movement of air, especially one which causes discomfort in a room or which helps a fire to burn
Example: We increase the heat in the furnace by increasing the draught; There's a dreadful draught in this room!
Arabic: تَيّار هَواء
Chinese (Simplified): 穿堂风
Chinese (Traditional): 穿堂風
Czech: tah; průvan
Danish: træk
Dutch: tocht
Estonian: tuuletõmbus
Finnish: veto
French: tirage, courant d'air
German: der Zug
Greek: ρεύμα
Icelandic: súgur, trekkur
Indonesian: gerakan udara
Italian: tiraggio; corrente d'aria*
Japanese: すきま風
Lithuanian: traukimas, skersvėjis
Norwegian: (gjennom)trekk
Polish: przeciąg
Portuguese (Brazil): corrente de ar
Portuguese (Portugal): corrente de ar
Russian: тяга; сквозняк
Slovak: ťah; prievan
Slovenian: vleka; prepih
Spanish: corriente de aire
Swedish: drag
Turkish: hava akımı, cereyan
draught2 [draːft] noun
a quantity of liquid drunk at once without stopping
Example: He took a long draught of beer.
Arabic: كَمِّيَّه
Chinese (Simplified): (一)饮
Chinese (Traditional): (一)飲
Czech: doušek
Danish: slurk
Dutch: teug
Estonian: sõõm
Finnish: kulaus
French: trait, gorgée
German: der Zug
Greek: γουλιά
Icelandic: sopi, teygur
Indonesian: tegukan
Italian: sorso, sorsata
Japanese: 1飲み
Latvian: malks
Lithuanian: gurkšnis, siurbsnis
Norwegian: slurk, drikk tømt i ett drag, sup
Polish: haust
Portuguese (Brazil): gole
Portuguese (Portugal): gole
Russian: глоток
Slovak: dúšok
Slovenian: požirek
Spanish: trago
Swedish: klunk
Turkish: çekiş, yudum
draught3 [draːft] noun
the amount of water a ship requires to float it
Example: a draught of half a metre
Arabic: كَمِّية الماء التي تَحْتاجُها السَّفينَه لكي تَطْفو
Chinese (Simplified): 船的吃水深度
Chinese (Traditional): 船的吃水深度
Czech: ponor
Danish: dybde
Dutch: diepgang
Estonian: süvis
Finnish: kulkusyvyys
French: tirant d'eau
German: der Tiefgang
Greek: βύθισμα πλοίου
Icelandic: djúprista
Indonesian: takaran air
Italian: pescaggio
Japanese: 喫水
Latvian: (kuģa) iegrime
Lithuanian: grimzlė, gramzda
Norwegian: dypgående
Polish: wyporność
Portuguese (Brazil): calado
Portuguese (Portugal): calado
Russian: осадка
Slovak: ponor
Slovenian: ugrez
Spanish: calado
Swedish: djupgående
Turkish: su çekimi, *kesimi, su derinliği
See also: draughts, draughty

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Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Main Entry: draught, draughty
chiefly British variant of DRAFT, DRAFTY

Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Main Entry: draft
Variant: or chiefly British draught /'draft, 'droft/
Function: noun
1 : a portion (as of medicine) poured out or mixed for drinking : DOSE
2 : a current of air in a closed-in space —drafty or chiefly British draughty /'draf-tE, 'drof-/ adjective

Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

draught

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.

Into the utmost angle of the world. --Spenser.

To search the tenderest angles of the heart. --Milton.

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.

3. A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.

Though but an angle reached him of the stone. --Dryden.

4. (Astrol.) A name given to four of the twelve astrological "houses." [Obs.] --Chaucer.

5. [AS. angel.] A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod.

Give me mine angle: we 'll to the river there. --Shak.

A fisher next his trembling angle bears. --Pope.

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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Draught

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.

Into the utmost angle of the world. --Spenser.

To search the tenderest angles of the heart. --Milton.

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.

3. A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.

Though but an angle reached him of the stone. --Dryden.

4. (Astrol.) A name given to four of the twelve astrological "houses." [Obs.] --Chaucer.

5. [AS. angel.] A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod.

Give me mine angle: we 'll to the river there. --Shak.

A fisher next his trembling angle bears. --Pope.

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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

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