draff

  • 11draff — /dræf/ (say draf) noun refuse, especially of malt after brewing; lees; dregs. {Middle English draf dregs} –draffy, adjective …

  • 12draff — Waste matter, sweepings, refuse, lees, or dregs. In weighing commodities the term signifies dust and dirt, and not what is generally meant by draught or draft (q.v.) …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 13draff — Waste matter, sweepings, refuse, lees, or dregs. In weighing commodities the term signifies dust and dirt, and not what is generally meant by draught or draft (q.v.) …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 14draff — Dirt dregs, impurities. Sometimes confused with draft, the arbitrary deduction from gross weight of an imported article, formerly employed in customs offices to assure the importer that he was not prejudiced by the scales used …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 15draff —  brewer s grains. Cumb. Or rather the water wherein barley is steeped before it is malted. North …

    A glossary of provincial and local words used in England

  • 16draff — n. 1 dregs, lees. 2 refuse. Etymology: ME, perh. repr. OE draeligf (unrecorded) …

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  • 17draffish — draffˈish or draffˈy adjective Worthless • • • Main Entry: ↑draff …

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  • 19dregs — n. pl. 1. Sediment, lees, grounds, draff, feculence. 2. Dross, scum, refuse, draff …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 20draffsack — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: Middle English draf sak, from draf draff + sak sack more at sack (bag) 1. Scotland : a sack for draff 2 …

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