The act of drawing; as a horse or ox fit for draught.

The quality of being drawn; as a cart of plow of easy draught.

The drawing of liquor into the mouth and throat; the act of drinking.

The quantity of liquor drank at once.

The act of delineating, or that which is delineated; a representation by lines, as the figure of a house, a machine, a fort, described on paper.

Representation by picture; figure painted, or drawn by the pencil.

The act of drawing a net; a sweeping for fish.

That which is taken by sweeping with a net; as a draught of fishes. Luke 5:9.

The drawing or bending of a bow; the act of shooting with a bow and arrow.

The act of drawing men from a military band, army or post; also, the forces drawn; a detachment.

A sink or drain. Matthew 15:17.

An order for the payment of money; a bill of exchange. [See Draft.I .

The depth of water necessary to float a ship, or the depth a ship sinks in water, especially when laden; as a ship of twelve feet draught.

In England, a small allowance on weighable goods, made by the king to the importer, or by the seller to the buyer, to insure full weight.

A sudden attack or drawing on an enemy.

A writing composed.

Draughts, a kind of game resembling chess.

To draw out; to call forth.