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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DRAFT, n. [corrupted from draught, from drag, draw, but authorized by respectable use.]
1. A drawing; as, this horse is good for draft. In this sense, draught is perhaps most common.
2. A drawing of men from a military band; a selecting or detaching of soldiers from an army, or any part of it, or from a military post. Sometimes a drawing of men from other companies or societies.
Several of the States had supplied the deficiency by drafts to serve for the year.
These important posts, in consequence of heavy drafts, were left weakly defended.
3. An order from one man to another directing the payment of money; a bill of exchange.
I thought it most prudent to defer the drafts, till advice was received of the progress of the loan.
4. A drawing of lines for a plan; a figure described on paper; delineation; sketch; plan delineated. [See Draught.]
5. Depth of water necessary to float a ship. [See Draught.]
6. A writing composed.
DRAFT, v.t.
1. To draw the outline; to delineate.
2. To compose and write; as, to draft a memorial or a lease.
3. To draw men from a military band or post; to select; to detach.
4. To draw men from any company, collection or society.
This Cohen-Caph-El was some royal seminary in Upper Egypt, from whence they drafted novices to supply their colleges and temples.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a document ordering the payment of money; drawn by one person or bank on another [syn: draft, bill of exchange, order of payment]
2: a current of air (usually coming into a chimney or room or vehicle) [syn: draft, draught]
3: a preliminary sketch of a design or picture [syn: draft, rough drawing]
4: a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg; "they served beer on draft" [syn: draft, draught, potation, tipple]
5: any of the various versions in the development of a written work; "a preliminary draft"; "the final draft of the constitution" [syn: draft, draft copy]
6: the depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially when loaded) [syn: draft, draught]
7: a regulator for controlling the flow of air in a fireplace
8: a dose of liquid medicine; "he took a sleeping draft" [syn: draft, draught]
9: compulsory military service [syn: conscription, muster, draft, selective service]
10: a large and hurried swallow; "he finished it at a single gulp" [syn: gulp, draft, draught, swig]
11: the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling [syn: draft, draught, drawing] v
1: draw up an outline or sketch for something; "draft a speech" [syn: draft, outline]
2: engage somebody to enter the army [syn: enlist, draft, muster in] [ant: discharge, muster out]
3: make a blueprint of [syn: blueprint, draft, draught]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English draght; akin to Old English dragan to draw — more at draw Date: 13th century 1. a. the act of drawing a net b. haul 2b 2. a. the act or an instance of drinking or inhaling; also the portion drunk or inhaled in one such act b. a portion poured out or mixed for drinking ; dose 3. a. the force required to pull an implement b. load or load-pulling capacity 4. a. the act of moving loads by drawing or pulling ; pull b. a team of animals together with what they draw 5. a. delineation, representation b. scheme, design c. a preliminary sketch, outline, or version <the author's first draft> <a draft treaty> 6. the act, result, or plan of drawing out or stretching 7. a. the act of drawing (as from a cask) b. a portion of liquid so drawn <a draft of ale> c. draft beer <a glass of draft> 8. the depth of water a ship draws especially when loaded 9. a. (1) a system for or act of selecting individuals from a group (as for compulsory military service) (2) an act or process of selecting an individual (as for political candidacy) without the individual's expressed consent b. a group of individuals selected especially by military draft c. a system whereby exclusive rights to selected new players are apportioned among professional teams 10. a. an order for the payment of money drawn by one person or bank on another b. the act or an instance of drawing from or making demands upon something ; demand 11. a. a current of air in a closed-in space <felt a draft> b. a device for regulating the flow of air (as in a fireplace) 12. angle, taper; specifically the taper given to a pattern or die so that the work can be easily withdrawn 13. a pocket of reduced air pressure behind a moving object; also the use of such a draft to save energy II. adjective Date: 15th century 1. used or adapted for drawing loads <draft horses> 2. being or having been on draft <drinking draft beer> III. verb Date: 1714 transitive verb 1. to select for some purpose: as a. to conscript for military service b. to select (a professional athlete) by draft 2. a. to draw the preliminary sketch, version, or plan of <draft legislation> b. compose, prepare <draft a memo> 3. to draw off or away <water drafted by pumps> 4. to stay close behind (another racer) so as to take advantage of the reduced air pressure created by the leading racer intransitive verb 1. to practice draftsmanship 2. to draft another racer (as in car or bike racing) • draftable adjective • draftee noun • drafter noun

U.S. Military Dictionary

1. The conscription of qualified citizens in military service. See also active duty; Military Service. (JP 4-05) 2. The depth of water that a vessel requires to float freely; the depth of a vessel from the water line to the keel. See also watercraft. (JP 4-01.6)

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a a preliminary written version of a speech, document, etc. b a rough preliminary outline of a scheme. c a sketch of work to be carried out. 2 a a written order for payment of money by a bank. b the drawing of money by means of this. 3 (foll. by on) a demand made on a person's confidence, friendship, etc. 4 a a party detached from a larger group for a special duty or purpose. b the selection of this. 5 US compulsory military service. 6 a reinforcement. 7 US = DRAUGHT. --v.tr. 1 prepare a draft of (a document, scheme, etc.). 2 select for a special duty or purpose. 3 US conscript for military service. Derivatives: draftee n. drafter n. Etymology: phonetic spelling of DRAUGHT

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Note Note, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Noted; p. pr. & vb. n. Noting.] [F. noter, L. notare, fr. nota. See Note, n.] 1. To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed; to attend to. --Pope. No more of that; I have noted it well. --Shak. 2. To record in writing; to make a memorandum of. Every unguarded word . . . was noted down. --Maccaulay. 3. To charge, as with crime (with of or for before the thing charged); to brand. [Obs.] They were both noted of incontinency. --Dryden. 4. To denote; to designate. --Johnson. 5. To annotate. [R.] --W. H. Dixon. 6. To set down in musical characters. To note a bill or draft, to record on the back of it a refusal of acceptance, as the ground of a protest, which is done officially by a notary.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Draft Draft, a. 1. Pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling (as vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as Draught. 2. Relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of air. Same as Draught. Note: The forms draft and draught, in the senses above-given, are both on approved use. Draft box, Draft engine, Draft horse, Draft net, Draft ox, Draft tube. Same as Draught box, Draught engine, etc. See under Draught.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Draft Draft, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Drafted; p. pr. & vb. n. Drafting.] 1. To draw the outline of; to delineate. 2. To compose and write; as, to draft a memorial. 3. To draw from a military band or post, or from any district, company, or society; to detach; to select. Some royal seminary in Upper Egypt, from whence they drafted novices to supply their colleges and temples. -- Holwell. 4. To transfer by draft. All her rents been drafted to London. -- Fielding.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Note: In modern law, proposal and acceptance are the constituent elements into which all contracts are resolved. Acceptance of a bill of exchange, check, draft, or order, is an engagement to pay it according to the terms. This engagement is usually made by writing the word ``accepted'' across the face of the bill. Acceptance of goods, under the statute of frauds, is an intelligent acceptance by a party knowing the nature of the transaction. 6. Meaning; acceptation. [Obs.] Acceptance of persons, partiality, favoritism. See under Accept.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(drafts, drafting, drafted) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A draft is an early version of a letter, book, or speech. I rewrote his rough draft, which was published under my name... I faxed a first draft of this article to him. N-COUNT: usu with supp 2. When you draft a letter, book, or speech, you write the first version of it. He drafted a standard letter to the editors... VERB: V n 3. If you are drafted, you are ordered to serve in the armed forces, usually for a limited period of time. (mainly AM) During the Second World War, he was drafted into the US Army... = conscript VERB: usu passive, be V-ed into n 4. If people are drafted into a place, they are moved there to do a particular job. Extra police have been drafted into the town after the violence... The manager will make a special plea to draft the player into his squad as a replacement. VERB: be V-ed in/into n, V n in/into n 5. The draft is the practice of ordering people to serve in the armed forces, usually for a limited period of time. (mainly AM) ...his effort to avoid the draft. = conscription N-SING: the N 6. A draft is a written order for payment of money by a bank, especially from one bank to another. Ten days later Carmen received a bank draft for a plane ticket. N-COUNT: oft by N 7. see also draught

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. 1. Drawing, selection. 2. Bill of exchange. 3. [Written also Draught.] Outline, delineation, rough sketch, rough copy. II. v. a. 1. Detach, select. 2. Make an outline of, make a draft of, make a rough sketch of.

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