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ictims and then changed them to the forms of beasts; pleasing, but noxious; as, a Circean draught.

Containing corn; tasting well of malt. [R.] A draught of moist and corny ale. Chaucer.

A kind or crowned piece in the game of draughts.

plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draught of air. (b) A contrivance, as in a pianoforte, to deaden vibrations; or, as in other pieces of mechanism, to check some action at a particular time. Nor did Sabrina's presence seem to act as any damper at the modest little…

o the senses, especially to the taste; charming. Some delicious landscape. Coleridge. One draught of spring's delicious air. Keble. Were not his words delicious Tennyson.

geth brimstone. Hakluyt. They loudly laughed To see his heaving breast disgorge the briny draught. Dryden.

pl. Etym: [Cf. Pr. doblier, dobler draughtboard.]

rd; going down; sloping; as, a down stroke; a down grade; a down train on a railway. Down draught, a downward draft, as in a flue, chimney, shaft of a mine, etc. -- Down in the mouth, chopfallen; dejected.

The act of drawing; also, the thing drawn. Same as Draught. Everything available for draft burden. S. G. Goodrich.

Pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling (as vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as Draught.

See Draughtsman.

To write in due form; to prepare a draught of; as, to draw a memorial, a deed, or bill of exchange. Clerk, draw a deed of gift. Shak.

One who delineates or depicts; a draughtsman; as, a good drawer.

A harness for draught horses.

A drink; a draught; specifically, a potion of medicine poured or forced down the throat; also, a potion that causes purging. "A drench of wine." Dryden. Give my roan horse a drench. Shak.

drunk in from his cradle." J. C. Shairp. -- To drink off or up, to drink the whole at a draught; as, to drink off a cup of cordial. -- To drink the health of, or To drink to the health of, to drink while expressing good wishes for the health or welfare of.

Swallowed with greediness, or in large draughts.

A draught or model from which to build; especially, one of the full size of the work to be done; a detailed drawing.

rossbar, to the ends of which other crossbars, or whiffletrees, are hung, to equalize the draught when two or three horses are used abreast.

that is released from the cylinder of an engine after having preformed its work. Exhaust draught, a forced draught produced by drawing air through a place, as through a furnace, instead of blowing it through. -- Exhaust fan, a fan blower so arranged as to produce an exhaust draught, or to draw air or gas out of a pla…