DRAFF

noun the slant given to the furrows in the dress of a millstone.

2. draff ·noun an allowance or deduction made from the gross veight of goods.

3. draff ·noun a current of air. ·same·as draught.

4. draff ·noun depth of water necessary to float a ship. ·see draught.

5. draff ·noun refuse; lees; dregs; the wash given to swine or cows; hogwash; waste matter.

6. draff ·noun a narrow border left on a finished stone, worked differently from the rest of its face.

7. draff ·noun the act of drawing; also, the thing drawn. ·same·as draught.

8. draff ·noun an order from one person or party to another, directing the payment of money; a bill of exchange.

9. draff ·noun 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.

10. draff ·noun a drawing of lines for a plan; a plan delineated, or drawn in outline; a delineation. ·see draught.

11. draff ·noun the form of any writing as first drawn up; the first rough sketch of written composition, to be filled in, or completed. ·see draught.

12. draff ·noun 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.