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indraught, indraft|ˈɪndrɑːft, -æ-|
[f. in adv. 11 d + draught: cf. indrawn, etc., and draw in, draw v. 82.]
1. The act of drawing in; inward attraction.
1682Sir T. Browne Chr. Mor. iii. §22 Having been long tossed in the ocean of this world, he will by that time feel the in-draught of another, unto which this seems but preparatory. 1697W. Dampier Voy. I. 289 The Dutch call that part of this Coast, the Land of Indraught, (as if it magnetically drew Ships too fast to it). 1749F. Smith Voy. Disc. II. 267 Being also dubious as to the Indraught of the Fall, the Boats came to an Anchor. 1751Smollett Per. Pic. (1779) I. xviii. 166 Better be sucked into the gulph of Florida, than once get into the indraught of a woman. 1891Daily News 7 Sept. 6/5 The indraft of the towns is irresistible, and usually in silence, but with decision, and ‘for good’, the capable young men abandon country labour.
2. An inward flow, stream, or current, as of water or air; esp. a current setting towards the land or up an estuary, etc.; a draught of air into a confined space; an influx, inrush.
1594Blundevil Exerc. vii. liv. (1636) 744 The Sea wil flow more by one point of the Compasse in the spring-tides,..in every River, that hath any indraft. 1598Hakluyt Voy. I. 122 Hee sayd that those foure Indraughts were drawne into an inward gulfe or whirlepoole, with so great a force, that the ships which once entred therein, could by no meanes be driuen backe againe. 1622Sir R. Hawkins Voy. S. Sea (1847) 141 In some bayes, where are great in⁓draughts, it [the tide] higheth eight or ten foote. 1719De Foe Crusoe i. iii, To avoid the Indraft of the Bay or Gulf of Mexico. 1794G. Adams Nat. & Exp. Philos. I. iv. 102 The larger the fire, the sharper is the indraught of the air. 1853Kane Grinnell Exp. vii. (1856) 54 The Esquimaux, too,..assert the existence of a well-marked indraft. 1858Maury Phys. Geog. Sea v. §283 These indraughts are known as monsoons at sea; on the land, as the prevailing winds of the season.
b. transf. and fig.
1638Sir R. Cotton Abstr. Rec. Tower 24 To abate the mighty indraught of Forraine Manufactures. 1851Ruskin Stones Ven. I. App. viii. 360 This indraught of the Lombard energies upon the Byzantine rest, like a wild north wind descending into a space of rarified atmosphere.
†3. A place where the water flows into the land; an inlet; an inward passage. Obs.
1570–6Lambarde Peramb. Kent (1826) 234 Which be⁓tokeneth an Indraught (or Inlett) of water into the lande, out of, and besides the maine course, of the Sea, or of a River. 1665–6Phil. Trans. I. 284 They have also vast In⁓draughts of some hundred Miles within Land. 1677Plot Oxfordsh. 30 The one..is received by a rocky subterraneous indraught, and appears no more. 1706Phillips, Indraught, a Gulph or Bay that runs in between two Lands.
†b. fig. ‘Inlet; passage inwards’ (J.). Obs.
a1626Bacon (J.), Navigable rivers are indraughts to attain wealth.
4. Revenue, income; ‘toll or duty collected at a port’ (Jam.). Sc. Obs. [Cf. Sw. indrägt revenue, income, rent.]
1633Sc. Acts Chas. I (1814) V. 93 Grantit..the port and harberie of the said burgh of Bruntiland callit the port of grace with the indraucht thairof and prymegilt of all shipes coming to the said port. |