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Same as Fraught. [Obs.] Spenser.

That with which anything in fraught or laden for transportation; lading; cargo, especially of a ship, or a car on a railroad, etc.; as, a freight of cotton; a full freight.

The division of a design or draught into squares, in order the more easily to reproduce it in larger or smaller dimensions.

A design or draught which has been divided into squares, in order to reproduce it in other dimensions.

To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; to take down at one swallow. He does not swallow, but he gulps it down. Cowper. The old man . . . glibly gulped down the whole narrative. Fielding. To gulp up, to throw up from the stomach; to disgorge.

A vessel of light draught, carrying one or more guns.

One of the two curved pieces of wood or metal, in the harness of a draught horse, to which the traces are fastened. They are fitted upon the collar, or have pads fitting the horse's neck attached to them.

The equipment of a draught or carriage horse, for drawing a wagon, coach, chaise, etc.; gear; tackling.

A single draught of a net; as, to catch a hundred fish at a haul.

etc.; often implying strength; as, a heavy barrier; also, difficult to move; as, a heavy draught.

Also, its waters, which were supposed to impart poetic inspiration. Keats. Nor maddening draughts of Hippocrene. Longfellow.

A chimney top, often contrived to secure a constant draught by turning with the wind.

A method of securing a good draught in chimneys by covering the top, leaving openings in the sides, or by carrying up two of the sides higher than the other two. [Written also hovelling.]

y; that which is so swallowed. E. Darwin. He drowned his stomach and senses with a large draught and ingurgitation of wine. Bacon.

A hood or other device placed over a chimney or vent pipe, to prevent a back draught.

f which a keel is composed. On even keel, in a level or horizontal position, so that the draught of water at the stern and the bow is the same. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

A crowned man in the game of draughts.

expenditures; -- often with out. Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. Luke v. 4. He [Spenser] launches out into very flowery paths. Prior.

d over the side of a vessel to lessen her leeway when closehauled, by giving her greater draught.

Oblivion; a draught of oblivion; forgetfulness.