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draff

Noun CEFR B1
dɹæf

Definitions

A byproduct from a grain distillery, often fed to pigs or cattle as part of their ration; often synonymous with brewer's spent grain, sometimes differentiated from it; usually differentiated from potale, at least in technical use, although broad, nontechnical use has often lumped all such byproducts together, especially in the past.

uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Françaisdrêche
6 more languages
Българскипоми́я
Češtinamláto
Suomirapa
Polskimłóto
Svenskadränkdrav
Українськабрага

Examples

“[…] and thence ſprouteth that obſcene appellation of Sarding ſandes, with the draffe of the carterly Hoblobs thereabouts, concoct or diſgeaſt for a ſcripture, verity, when the right chriſtendome of it, is Cerdicke ſands, or Cerdick ſhore, […]”
“A crowd immersed in ordure, that appear'd draff of the human body.”

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