draft

draft
    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}]
    

Draft \Draft\ (dr[.a]ft), n. [The same word as draught. OE.
   draught, draht, fr. AS. dragan to draw. See {Draw}, and cf.
   {Draught}.]
   1. The act of drawing; also, the thing drawn. Same as
      {Draught}.
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            Everything available for draft burden. -- S. G.
                                                  Goodrich.
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   2. (Mil.) 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.
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            Several of the States had supplied the deficiency by
            drafts to serve for the year.         --Marshall.
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   3. An order from one person or party to another, directing
      the payment of money; a bill of exchange.
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            I thought it most prudent to defer the drafts till
            advice was received of the progress of the loan. --
                                                  A. Hamilton.
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   4. An allowance or deduction made from the gross weight of
      goods. -- Simmonds.
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   5. A drawing of lines for a plan; a plan delineated, or drawn
      in outline; a delineation. See {Draught}.
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   6. The form of any writing as first drawn up; the first rough
      sketch of written composition, to be filled in, or
      completed. See {Draught}.
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   7. (Masonry)
      (a) A narrow border left on a finished stone, worked
          differently from the rest of its face.
      (b) 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.
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   8. (Milling) The slant given to the furrows in the dress of a
      millstone.
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   9. (Naut.) Depth of water necessary to float a ship. See
      {Draught}.
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   10. A current of air. Same as {Draught}.
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   11. A quantity of liquid poured out for drinking; a dose.
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   12. The act of drawing a quantity of liquid from a large
       container; also, the quantity of liquid so drawn.
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   13. 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.
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Draft \Draft\, a.
   1. Pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling (as
      vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as {Draught}; as, a draft
      horse.
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   2. Relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of
      air. Same as {Draught}.
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   Note: The forms draft and draught, in the senses above-given,
         are both in approved use.
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   {Draft box}, {Draft engine}, {Draft horse}, {Draft net},
   {Draft ox}, {Draft tube}. Same as {Draught box}, {Draught
      engine}, etc. See under {Draught}.
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Draft \Draft\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Drafted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Drafting}.]
   1. To draw the outline of; to delineate.
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   2. To compose and write; as, to draft a memorial.
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   3. 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.
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            HotLips Houlihan: How did a degenerate person like
            him achieve such a position of responsibility in the
            army? Radar: He was drafted.          --M*A*S*H (the
                                                  movie)

            Some royal seminary in Upper Egypt, from whence they
            drafted novices to supply their colleges and
            temples.                              -- Holwell.
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   4. To transfer by draft.
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            All her rents been drafted to London. -- Fielding.
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      musical notation, musical score, muster, muster in, narcotic shot,
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      orchestral score, order, original, outline, overdose, overview,
      paint, paint a picture, pandect, paper, parchment, part, pastel,
      pattern, peg, pen, pen-and-ink, pencil, pencil drawing, penscript,
      phlebotomize, piano score, picture, picturize, piece,
      piece of writing, pipette, plan, play, plot, poem, popping,
      portion, portray, postal order, potation, potion, precis, prepare,
      press, printed matter, printout, production, profile, project,
      projection, promissory note, prospectus, pull, pulling,
      pulling power, pump, pump out, push the pen, put in writing, quaff,
      raise, raw recruit, reading matter, recense, recension, record,
      recruit, recruiting, recruitment, requirement, requisition, review,
      revise, rewrite, rookie, rough, rough copy, rough draft, rough in,
      rough out, rough outline, rough sketch, round, round of drinks,
      rubric, rush, rush order, score, scratch, screed, scribe, scrip,
      script, scrive, scroll, scumble, selectee, selective service,
      shade, shape, sheet music, short score, shortened version, shot,
      sight bill, sight draft, sign on, sign up, silhouette,
      silver-print drawing, sinkage, sinopia, sip, siphon, siphon off,
      skeleton, sketch, skin-popping, slurp, snifter, snort, songbook,
      songster, spill ink, spoil paper, spot, stencil, strain, stream,
      stream of air, study, submergence, submersion, suck, suck out,
      summon, summons, sup, superscribe, survey, swig, swill, syllabus,
      synopsis, tablature, table, tail wind, tap, tax, taxing,
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      write down, write out, writing, written music