draught : Idioms & Phrases

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Angle of draught

  • the angle made with the plane over which a body is drawn by the line in which the pulling force acts, when the latter has the direction best adapted to overcome the obstacles of friction and the weight of the body.
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Black draught

  • (Med.), a cathartic medicine, composed of senna and magnesia.
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Blast draught, ∨ Forced draught

  • the draught produced by a blower, as by blowing in air beneath a fire or drawing out the gases from above it.
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Down draught

  • a downward draft, as in a flue, chimney, shaft of a mine, etc.
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draught beer

  • noun beer drawn from a keg
    draft beer.
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Draught box

  • . See Draught tube, below.
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Draught engine

  • (Mining), an engine used for pumping, raising heavy weights, and the like.
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Draught hook

  • (Mil.), one of the hooks on a cannon carriage, used in drawing the gun backward and forward.
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Draught horse

  • noun horse adapted for drawing heavy loads
    draft horse; dray horse.
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  • a horse employed in drawing loads, plowing, etc., as distinguished from a saddle horse or carriage horse.
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Draught net

  • a seine or hauling net.
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Draught ox

  • an ox employed in hauling loads, plowing, etc.
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Draught tube

  • (Water Wheels), an airtight pipe extending downward into the tailrace from a turbine wheel located above it, to make whole fall available; called also draught box.
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Draughting room

  • a room draughtsmen to work in, and where plans are kept.
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Exhaust draught

  • a forced draught produced by drawing air through a place, as through a furnace, instead of blowing it through.
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For Angles of commutation, draught, incidence, reflection, refraction, position, repose, fraction

  • see Commutation, Draught, Incidence, Reflection, Refraction, etc.
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Forced draught

  • . See under Draught.
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Natural draught

  • the draught produced by the atmosphere flowing, by its own weight, into a chimney wherein the air is rarefied by heat.
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On board, On draught, On fire, etc.

  • See under Board, Draught, Fire, etc.
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On draught

  • so as to be drawn from the wood (as a cask, barrel, etc.) in distinction from being bottled; as, ale on draught.
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Pottle draught

  • taking a pottle of liquor at one draught. Prov. Eng.
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shallow-draught

  • adjective of vessels whose keel is not far below the waterline
    shallow-draft.
    • a shallow-draft river boat
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Sheer draught

  • . See under Sheer.
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Sheer plan, ∨ Sheer draught

  • (Shipbuilding), a projection of the lines of a vessel on a vertical longitudinal plane passing through the middle line of the vessel.
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sleeping draught

  • noun a soporific drug in the form of a pill (or tablet or capsule)
    sleeping tablet; sleeping capsule; sleeping pill.
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