The act of drawing; also, the thing drawn. Same as Draught.
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.
An order from one person or party to another, directing the payment of money; a bill of exchange.
An allowance or deduction made from the gross weight of goods.
A drawing of lines for a plan; a plan delineated, or drawn in outline; a delineation. See Draught.
The form of any writing as first drawn up; the first rough sketch of written composition, to be filled in, or completed. See Draught.
A narrow border left on a finished stone, worked differently from the rest of its face.
The slant given to the furrows in the dress of a millstone.
Depth of water necessary to float a ship. See Draught.
A current of air. Same as Draught.
A quantity of liquid poured out for drinking; a dose.
The act of drawing a quantity of liquid from a large container; also, the quantity of liquid so drawn.
A device for regulating the flow of gases in a chimney, stovepipe, fireplace, etc.; as, to close the chimney draft. It is usually a flat plate of the same internal dimensions as the flue, which can be rotated to be parallel to or perpendicular to the current of gases.
Pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling (as vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as Draught; as, a draft horse.
Relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of air. Same as Draught.
To draw the outline of; to delineate.
To compose and write; as, to draft a memorial.
To draw from a military band or post, or from any district, company, or society; to detach; to select; especially, to compulsorily select and induct members of a population to serve in the armed forces.
To transfer by draft.
To set down, as legible characters; to form the conveyance of meaning; to inscribe on any material by a suitable instrument; as, to write the characters called letters; to write figures.
To set down for reading; to express in legible or intelligible characters; to inscribe; as, to write a deed; to write a bill of divorcement; hence, specifically, to set down in an epistle; to communicate by letter.
Hence, to compose or produce, as an author.
To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave; as, truth written on the heart.
To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own written testimony; - often used reflexively.
To form characters, letters, or figures, as representative of sounds or ideas; to express words and sentences by written signs.
To be regularly employed or occupied in writing, copying, or accounting; to act as clerk or amanuensis; as, he writes in one of the public offices.
To frame or combine ideas, and express them in written words; to play the author; to recite or relate in books; to compose.
To compose or send letters.
