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残滓,糟粕,废物

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Draff \Draff\, n. [Cf. D. draf the sediment of ale, Icel. draf
   draff, husks. Cf. 1st {Drab}.]
   Refuse; lees; dregs; the wash given to swine or cows;
   hogwash; waste matter.

         Prodigals lately come from swine keeping, from eating
         draff and husks.                         -- Shak.

         The draff and offal of a bygone age.     -- Buckle.

         Mere chaff and draff, much better burnt. -- Tennyson.

Draff \Draff\, n. [The same word as draught. OE. draught, draht,
   fr. AS. dragan to draw. See {Draw}, and cf. {Draught}.]
   1. The act of drawing; also, the thing drawn. Same as
      {Draught}.

            Everything available for draft burden. -- S. G.
                                                  Goodrich.

   2. (Mil.) A selecting or detaching of soldiers from an army,
      or from any part of it, or from a military post; also from
      any district, or any company or collection of persons, or
      from the people at large; also, the body of men thus
      drafted.

            Several of the States had supplied the deficiency by
            drafts to serve for the year.         --Marshall.

   3. An order from one person or party to another, directing
      the payment of money; a bill of exchange.

            I thought it most prudent to deter the drafts till
            advice was received of the progress of the loan. --
                                                  A. Hamilton.

   4. An allowance or deduction made from the gross veight of
      goods. -- Simmonds.

   5. A drawing of lines for a plan; a plan delineated, or drawn
      in outline; a delineation. See {Draught}.

   6. The form of any writing as first drawn up; the first rough
      sketch of written composition, to be filled in, or
      completed. See {Draught}.

   7. (Masonry)
      (a) A narrow border left on a finished stone, worked
          differently from the rest of its face.
      (b) A narrow border worked to a plane surface along the
          edge of a stone, or across its face, as a guide to the
          stone-cutter.

   8. (Milling) The slant given to the furrows in the dress of a
      millstone.

   9. (Naut.) Depth of water necessary to float a ship. See
      {Draught}.

   10. A current of air. Same as {Draught}.