Draff

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

II. Draff ·noun An allowance or deduction made from the gross veight of goods.

III. Draff ·noun A current of air. ·same·as Draught.

IV. Draff ·noun Depth of water necessary to float a ship. ·see Draught.

V. Draff ·noun Refuse; lees; dregs; the wash given to swine or cows; hogwash; waste matter.

VI. Draff ·noun A narrow border left on a finished stone, worked differently from the rest of its face.

VII. Draff ·noun The act of drawing; also, the thing drawn. ·same·as Draught.

VIII. Draff ·noun An order from one person or party to another, directing the payment of money; a bill of exchange.

IX. 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.

X. Draff ·noun A drawing of lines for a plan; a plan delineated, or drawn in outline; a delineation. ·see Draught.

XI. 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.

XII. 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.