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DRAUGHT (from the common Teutonic word " to draw "; cf. Ger. 7'racht, load; the pronunciation led to the variant form " draft," now confined to certain specific meanings)

DRAUGHT (from the See also:
COMMON
common See also:
TEUTONIC
TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES
Teutonic word " to draw "; cf. Ger. 7'racht, load; the See also:
PRONUNCIATION (Lat. pronuntiatio, from pronuntiare, proclaim, announce, pronounce)
pronunciation led to the variant See also:
FORM (Lat. forma)
form " draft," now confined to certain specific meanings) , the See also:

ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act or See also:

ACTION

action of See also:

DRAWING

drawing, extending, pulling, &c. It is thus applied to animals used for drawing vehicles or loads, " draught oxen," &c., to the quantity of See also:

fish taken by one " See also:

DRAG (from the Old Eng. dragan, to draw; the word preserves the g which phonetically developed into w)

drag " of a See also:

net, to a quantity of liquid taken or " See also:

DRAWN

drawn in " to the mouth, and to a current of See also:

air in a See also:

CHIMNEY (through the Fr. cheminee, from caminata, sc. camera, a Lat. derivative of caminus, an oven or furnace)

chimney, a See also:

ROOM

room or other confined space. In furnaces the " draught" is "natural " when not increased artificially, or " forced " when increased by See also:

MECHANICAL

mechanical methods (see See also:

BOILER

BOILER). The See also:

WATER

water a See also:

SHIP

ship " draws," or her " draught," is the See also:

DEPTH

depth to which she sinks in the water as measured from her See also:

KEEL

keel. The word was formerly used of a " move" in See also:

CHESS

chess or similar See also:

GAMES, CLASSICAL

games, and is thus, in the plural, the See also:

general See also:

ENGLISH

English name of the See also:

GAME

game known also as " See also:

CHECKERS

checkers " (see See also:

DRAUGHTS (from AS. dragan, to draw)

DRAUGHTS). The spelling " draft " is generally employed in the following usages. It is a common See also:

TERM

term for a written See also:

order "drawn on " a banker or other holder of funds for the See also:

PAYMENT (Fr. paiement, from payer, to pay; Lat. pacare, to appease, pax, peace)

payment of See also:

MONEY

money to .a third See also:

PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person; thus a See also:

CHEQUE, or CHECK

cheque (q.v.) is a draft. A See also:

SPECIAL

special form of draft is a " banker's draft," an instruction by one See also:

BANK

bank to another bank, or to a See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the bank making the instruction, to pay a sum of money to the order of a certain specified person. Other meanings of " draft " are an outline, See also:

plan or See also:

SKETCH (directly adapted from Dutch schets, which was taken from Ital. schizzo, a rough draft, Lat. schedium, something hastily made, Gr. oxE&os, sudden, off-hand, axeb6v, near by; Ger. Skizze and Fr. esquisse are from the same source)

sketch, or a preliminary drawing up of an See also:

INSTRUMENT (Lat. instrumentum, from insincere, to build up, furnish, arrange, prepare)

instrument, measure, document, &c., which, after alteration and See also:

AMENDMENT (through the O. Fr. amender, to correct, from Lat. mendum, a fault)

amendment, will be embodied in a final or formal shape; an See also:

ALLOWANCE (from "allow,' derived through 0. Fr. alouer from the two Lat. origins adlaudare, to praise, and allocare, to assign a place; so that the English word combined the general idea of "assigning with approval")

allowance made by merchants or importers to those who sell by See also:

RETAIL

retail, to make up a loss incurred in weighing or measuring; and a detachment or See also:

BODY

body of troops " drawn off " for a specific purpose, usually a reinforcement from the See also:

DEPOT (from the Fr. depot, Lat. depositum, laid down; the French accent marks are usually dispensed with in English)

depot or reserve See also:

units to those abroad or in the See also:

field. For the use of the term " draft " or " draught " in See also:

MASONRY

masonry and See also:

ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture see DRAFTED MASONRY.

End of Article: DRAUGHT (from the common Teutonic word " to draw "; cf. Ger. 7'racht, load; the pronunciation led to the variant form " draft," now confined to certain specific meanings)

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