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DRAUGHT, n. Draft. from draw, drag.
1. The act of drawing as a horse or ox fit for draught.
2. The quality of being drawn as a cart of plow of easy draught.
3. The drawing of liquor into the mouth and throat the act of drinking.
4. The quantity of liquor drank at once.
5. The act of delineating, or that which is delineated a representation by lines, as the figure of a house, a machine, a fort, &c., described on paper.
6. Representation by picture figure painted, or drawn by the pencil.
7. The act of drawing a net a sweeping for fish.
8. That which is taken by sweeping with a net as a draught of fishes. Luke 5 .
9. The drawing or bending of a bow the act of shooting with a bow and arrow.
10. The act of drawing men from a military band, army or post also, the forces drawn a detachment. See Draft, which is more generally used.
11. A sink or drain. Matthew 15 .
12. An order for the payment of money a bill of exchange. See Draft.
13. The depth of water necessary to float a ship, or the depth a ship sinks in water, especially when laden as a ship of twelve feet draught.
14. In England, a small allowance on weighable goods, made by the king to the importer, or by the seller to the buyer, to insure full weight.
15. A sudden attack or drawing on an enemy. Query.
16. A writing composed.
17. Draughts, a kind of game resembling chess.
DRAUGHT, To draw out to call forth. See Draft.
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Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
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Entry for 'Draught'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/d/draught.html.
Entry for 'Draught'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/d/draught.html.
