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Meaning of draff | Babel Free

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

Български поми́я
Čeština mláto
Suomi rapa
Français drêche
Polski młóto
Svenska dränk drav
Українська брага

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.”

CEFR level

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