Meaning of misdraft | Babel Free

Definitions

An error in the process of drafting (any sense).

Examples

“In weaving, the defects which cling to the goods to the very end are temple-marks, which show up on light shade satines, on linings and beetled work; misdrafts, on twills, welts, etc.; reed-marks, which ruin the finish of the finest satines; and the mixing of mule and ring filling, of American and Egyptian cotton, and of different numbers of filling yarns, which, together with oil stains, are harmful to all grades.”

“Any hon. member who has given any serious attention or thought or any study to the Bill would realise, however, that even in what I may with repect term the silly misdraft of Clause l as it at present stands, this Bill does nothing in the way of dividing the Crown.”

“Clause 4 deals with the form, validity and replacement of a lost licence. But there is, I see, a misprint, or misdraft, I do not know.”

“Another reason was the susceptibility of the machine to misdraft.”

“the start of Clause 12(1) takes the opportunity to correct what is referred to as a minor misdraft in the Justices of the Peace Act 1979.”

“If there are large numbers to be drafted off they should be first drafted into a small pen and then released to a larger holding area. This practice saves time if misdrafts occur.”

“Feeding the sliver in via precondenser and condenser to the feed tray has technological implications, since depending on the sliver weight and volume along with fiber/fiber and fiber/surface friction, a positive sliver tension can be achieved or, in a negative case, an undesirable misdraft.”

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