draffs
plural of draff
Source: Wiktionary
Draff, n. Etym: [Cf. D. draf the sediment of ale, Icel. draf draff, husks. Cf. 1st Drab.]
Definition: Refuse; lees; dregs; the wash given to swine or cows; hogwash; waste matter. Prodigals lately come from swine keeping, from eating draff and husks. Shak. The draff and offal of a bygone age. Buckle. Mere chaff and draff, much better burnt. Tennyson.
Draff, n. Etym: [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. Everything available for draft burden. S. G. Goodrich.
2. (Mil.)
Definition: 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. Several of the States had supplied the deficiency by drafts to serve for the year. Marshall.
3. An order from one person or party to another, directing the payment of money; a bill of exchange. I thought it most prudent to deter the drafts till advice was received of the progress of the loan. A. Hamilton.
4. An allowance or deduction made from the gross veight of goods. Simmonds.
5. A drawing of lines for a plan; a plan delineated, or drawn in outline; a delineation. See Draught.
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.
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.
8. (Milling)
Definition: The slant given to the furrows in the dress of a millstone.
9. (Naut.)
Definition: Depth of water necessary to float a ship. See Draught.
10. A current of air. Same as Draught.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 November 2024
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
