easy draught

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• Draught

  ·noun ·see <<Draft>>, ·noun, 7. II. Draught ·noun That which draws. III. Draught ·noun That which ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• draught

  or bill, on the pump at aldgate A bad or false bill of exchange. See aldgate. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• draught

  , or draft. The depth of water a ship displaces, or of a body of fluid necessary to float a vessel...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Easy

  ·vt Moderate; sparing; frugal. II. Easy ·vt At ease; free from pain, trouble, or constraint. III. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• easy

  Make the cull easy or quiet; gag or kill him. As easy as pissing the bed. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• easy

  A word in common use among merchants and bankers. 'Our bank is easy,' meaning that its loans are not...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• easy

  Lower gently. A ship not labouring in a sea. ♦ Taking it easy. Neglecting the duty. "Not so violen...

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• Draught-house

  (2 Kings 10:27). Jehu ordered the temple of Baal to be destroyed, and the place to be converted to t...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• draught-hooks

  Iron hooks fixed on the cheeks of a gun-carriage for dragging the gun along by draught-ropes. ...

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• sheer-draught

  In ship-building, a section supposed to be cut by a plane passing through the middle line of the kee...

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• Easy-chair

  ·noun An armchair for ease or repose. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Easy-going

  ·adj Moving easily; hence, mild-tempered; ease-loving; inactive. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• easy virtue

  A lady of easy virtue: an impure or prostitute. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• easy roll

  A vessel is said to "roll deep but easy" when she moves slowly, and not with quick jerks. ...

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• light water-draught

  The depth of water which a vessel draws when she is empty, or nearly so. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• free and easy johns

  A society which meet at the Hole in the Wall, Fleet-street, to tipple porter, and sing bawdry. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• lady of easy virtue

  A woman of the town, an impure, a prostitute. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose