Meaning of Draught | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A checker: a game piece used in the game of draughts.
   British, countable, uncountable
2. Ale: a type of beer brewed using top-fermenting yeast.
   Australia, countable, uncountable
3. A mild vesicatory.
   UK, countable, obsolete, uncountable
4. An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
5. Any picture or drawing.
   UK, countable, obsolete, uncountable
6. A sudden attack upon an enemy.
   UK, countable, obsolete, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“She could feel⟳ a draught where she was sitting.”

“[…]he sayde vnto Simon: Cary vs into the depe, and lett slippe thy nett to make⟳ a draught.”

““Drink⟳ and pass⟳!” he cried, handing the heavy charged flagon to the nearest seaman. “The crew alone now drink⟳. Round with it, round! Short draughts—long swallows, men; ’tis hot as Satan’s hoof.”

“Finally I gave him a draught, and he sank into uneasy slumber.”

“Much as I wish⟳ that I had not to write⟳ this chapter, I know⟳ that I shall have⟳ to swallow⟳ many such bitter draughts in the course of this narrative. And I cannot do otherwise, if I claim⟳ to be a worshipper of Truth. […]”

“All the L.N.E.R. Clyde vessels are paddle-propelled, because of the shallow draught at Craigendoran Pier.”

“A standard type⟳ of donkey jacket made of white milled flannel is being introduced by British Railways for the use⟳ of staff working in tunnels where there are conditions of extreme cold, dampness and draught.”

“Then sayde Jesus: are ye yett withoute understondinge? perceave ye not, that whatsoever goeth in at the mouth, descendeth doune into the bely, and ys cast⟳ out into the draught?”

“Rid⟳ me these Villaines from your companies; / Hang⟳ them, or stab them, drowne them in a draught, / Confound them by some course, and come⟳ to me, / Ile giue you Gold enough.”

“And therefore, for the whole process⟳, and full representation, there must be more than one draught; the one representing him in station, the other in session, another in genuflexion.”

“drawing sudden draughts upon the enemy when he looketh not for you”

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