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To drink in long draughts; to gulp; as, to swig cider. [Colloq.]

To drink in great draughts; to swallow greedily. Well-dressed people, of both sexes, . . . devouring sliced beef, and swilling pork, and punch, and cider. Smollett.

A man at draughts; a piece used in playing games at tables. See Table, n., 10. [R.] Bacon.

Liquor; especially, a small draught of liquor. "Sipping his tiff of brandy punch." Sir W. Scott.

aster. My sober evening let the tankard bless, With toast embrowned, and fragrant nutmeg fraught. T. Warton.

he fleet . . . were so encumbered with tophamper, so overweighted in proportion to their draught of water, that they could bear but little canvas, even with smooth seas and light and favorable winds. Motley.

where transfers of stocks, etc., are made. -- Transfer paper, a prepared paper used by draughtsmen, engravers, lithographers, etc., for transferring impressions. -- Transfer table. (Railroad) Same as Traverse table. See under Traverse.

The frame of a table. Trestle board, a board used by architects, draughtsmen, and the like, for drawing designs upon; -- so called because commonly supported by trestles. -- Trestle bridge. See under Bridge, n.

A draughtsman's square in the form of a right-angled triangle.

, an instrument or vessel used in a kitchen, or in domestic and farming business. Wagons fraught with utensils of war. Milton.

Onset; rush; violent draught or wind. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A large draught of any liquid. [Scot.] Jamieson.