資料來源 : pyDict
殘滓,糟粕,廢物
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Draff \Draff\, n. [Cf. D. draf the sediment of ale, Icel. draf
draff, husks. Cf. 1st {Drab}.]
Refuse; lees; dregs; the wash given to swine or cows;
hogwash; waste matter.
Prodigals lately come from swine keeping, from eating
draff and husks. -- Shak.
The draff and offal of a bygone age. -- Buckle.
Mere chaff and draff, much better burnt. -- Tennyson.
Draff \Draff\, n. [The same word as draught. OE. draught, draht,
fr. AS. dragan to draw. See {Draw}, and cf. {Draught}.]
1. The act of drawing; also, the thing drawn. Same as
{Draught}.
Everything available for draft burden. -- S. G.
Goodrich.
2. (Mil.) A selecting or detaching of soldiers from an army,
or from any part of it, or from a military post; also from
any district, or any company or collection of persons, or
from the people at large; also, the body of men thus
drafted.
Several of the States had supplied the deficiency by
drafts to serve for the year. --Marshall.
3. An order from one person or party to another, directing
the payment of money; a bill of exchange.
I thought it most prudent to deter the drafts till
advice was received of the progress of the loan. --
A. Hamilton.
4. An allowance or deduction made from the gross veight of
goods. -- Simmonds.
5. A drawing of lines for a plan; a plan delineated, or drawn
in outline; a delineation. See {Draught}.
6. The form of any writing as first drawn up; the first rough
sketch of written composition, to be filled in, or
completed. See {Draught}.
7. (Masonry)
(a) A narrow border left on a finished stone, worked
differently from the rest of its face.
(b) A narrow border worked to a plane surface along the
edge of a stone, or across its face, as a guide to the
stone-cutter.
8. (Milling) The slant given to the furrows in the dress of a
millstone.
9. (Naut.) Depth of water necessary to float a ship. See
{Draught}.
10. A current of air. Same as {Draught}.