draftn.

Brit.

/drɑːft/,

/draft/, U.S.

/dræft/

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: draught n.

Etymology: Originally a variant of draught n., now usually distinguished in form in the senses below.

A modern phonetic spelling of draught n., found in many senses of the word, and now established in the following:

1. The drawing down of one scale or end of a balance in weighing; the ‘turn of the scale’; hence a deduction from the gross weight allowed for this in retailing (= cloff n.).

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the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > amount determined by weighing > deduction to give net weight > other allowances

cloffc1503

tretc1503

draughta1513

draft1757

taring1882

1494 R. Fabyan New Chron. Eng. vii. 342 Before tyme y^e weyer vsyd to lene his draught towarde the marchaundyse, soo that the byar hadde...x. or .xii.li. in a draughte to his aduauntage.]

1757 W. Thompson Royal Navy-men's Advocate 39 To put his Foot into the Scale to weigh it down, to make the Draft good.

1809 R. Langford Introd. Trade 72 100 Hides..Draft 1 lb. per 10 Hs.

1848 Illustr. London News 29 Apr. 281/1 Secreting two iron hooks under his weighing-machine, thereby causing a draft of 4½ oz. against the purchaser.

a. The drawing off, detachment, or selection of a party from a larger body for some special (spec. military) duty or purpose; spec. (esp. in U.S.), selective conscription. Also attributive and in other combinations.

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society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > [noun] > compulsory

pressing1591

press?1592

impress1603

imprest1610

impressing1641

draft1757

conscription1799

press-ganging1863

blood tax1890

call-up1916

comb1916

the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > [noun] > selecting from a number or for a purpose > specific persons or animals

draught1703

draughting1796

draft1800

1703 London Gaz. No. 3888/3 Orders..for making a considerable Draught out of our Garison, in order to some Expedition.]

1757 J. Woolman Jrnl. (1971) v. 87 The military officers..agreed on a draft.

1780 J. Jones Let. 2 Dec. (1889) 58 Let an exemption from draft, or even militia duty out of the State, be offered by the law to every person who recruits a soldier for the war.

1800 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) I. 93 If the bullocks are not occasionally recruited by drafts of fresh calves.

1813 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) 24 Sept. XI. 140 To get nearly as many men by a draft from the militia.

1872 J. Yeats Growth Commerce 31 Draughts of labourers were employed in Spain.]

1875 T. W. Higginson Young Folks' Hist. U.S. 306 Soldiers were being drafted; but the draft was very unpopular.

1878 J. H. Beadle Western Wilds 532 All the really valuable survivors of the volunteer army had returned to civil life;..the draft-sneaks and worthless remained.

1918 ‘Captain X’ Our First Half Million 20 Certain newspapers in discussing the draft..used an unfortunate word. It was ‘conscript’.

1918 W. Owen Let. ?25 Mar. (1967) 542 Two companies of A 4 (boys) on Draft Leave.

1931 J. T. Adams Epic of Amer. xi. 338 There was no draft, there were only..volunteers.

1931 J. T. Adams Epic of Amer. xiii. 384 No reliance was placed upon volunteering..and a universal draft act was passed.

1961 Listener 17 Aug. 240/1 These sermons were levelled at a nation of professional draft-dodgers.

1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. 1/4 The head of the Toronto Anti-Draft Program last night predicted a considerable increase in the numbers of draft-dodgers coming to Canada in the wake of new draft deferment rules for graduate students.

1968 Listener 6 June 733/2 Students..were protesting against the war by turning in their draft cards.

1971 Times 22 Feb. (Canada Suppl.) p. v/1 Nor are more than a few of them draft-dodgers from over the United States border.

b. The party or body so drawn off or selected. Also, a person drafted for military service.

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society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > group with special function or duty > [noun]

conreyc1330

partyc1330

stalec1350

stuff1412

crew1455

working party1744

draft1756

draught1780

commando1791

detail1862

otriad1916

taskforce1927

stick1953

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by type of service > [noun] > conscript

levy1611

pressman1638

forced man1748

lotman1758

conscript1798

draftee1866

draft1916

chocolate soldier1939

choco1940

selectee1940

G.I.1943

national serviceman1949

1756 G. Washington Let. in Writings (1889) I. 245 I am..convinced..all the drafts [will] quit the service.

1780 J. Reid in J. Sparks Corr. Amer. Revol. (1853) III. 20 They absolutely refuse to march the drafts to the army.

1868 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army ⁋515 Attention..to the age of the men selected, so that the draft may consist of those best qualified for a change of climate.

1884 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Old Melbourne Mem. ii. 22 A draft of out-lying cattle..rose and galloped off.

1890 Times 22 Sept. 4/4 The Wye..sailed from Sheerness..with naval drafts and stores.

1894 J. N. Maskelyne ‘Sharps & Flats’ 56 The ‘draft’— i.e. the cards to replace those which have been discarded [at Poker].

1916 ‘B. Cable’ Action Front 110 I've seen one-half the battalion wiped out and built up with drafts.

a1917 E. A. Mackintosh War, the Liberator (1918) 23 I know the drafts are good men, I know they're doing well.

c. = draft ewe at Compounds 1.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > female > unfit for or unable to breed or inferior

crock1528

freemartina1722

draft ewe1794

shot1796

draft1844

yeld1856

1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm III. 1107 Drafts are ready for sale in September.

1886 C. Scott Pract. Sheep-farming 107 Ewes and gimmers at 34/4½, being 3/- a head more than the drafts.

d. U.S. An act of drafting (see draft v. 1c).

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1948 Economist 8 May 763/1 Many believe that General Eisenhower would yield to a draft.

1948 Chickasha (Okla.) Daily Express 4 July 1/1 Nevertheless he could be drafted, if a definite draft movement took place at Philadelphia.

1950 Manch. Guardian Weekly 2 Nov. 2 He chose to yield to Governor Dewey's ‘draft’ and accept the nomination.

a. The ‘drawing’ of money by an order in due form. Also draught n. 35a.

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society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [noun] > withdrawing money

draught1633

draft1833

withdrawal1861

1633 T. Stafford Pacata Hibernia i. iii. 29 Fearing..lest some draught might bee drawen upon them.]

1833 Act 3 & 4 William IV c. 46 §61 Such treasurer shall make no drafts on the said accounts for any private purpose.

1838 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Ferdinand & Isabella III. ii. xix. 266 Replenishing the exchequer by draughts on his new subjects.]

b. A written order for the payment of money, ‘drawn on’ or addressed to a person holding money in trust or as an agent or servant of the drawer; a bill or cheque drawn; sometimes, spec., an order for the payment of money drawn by one branch of a bank or mercantile house upon another, or by one department of an office upon another.

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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > cheques and drafts > [noun] > cheque

paper credit1725

draught1736

banker's draft1764

bank cheque1774

draft1786

sight cheque1863

certified cheque1880

marked cheque1896

Eurocheque1969

1743 H. Fielding Ess. Char. Men in Misc. I. 205 [He] who relieves his Friend in Distress, by a Draught on Aldgate Pump. [Note] A Mercantile Phrase for a bad Note.

1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (ed. 2) II. xxx. 467 In common speech such a bill is frequently called a draught, but a bill of exchange is the more legal as well as mercantile expression.

1775 Fielding's True Patriot in Wks. IX. 335 I have sent you a draught on your tutor, according to your desires.]

1786 Particulars Trials John Shepherd 13 Mr. Elliot sent the draft to the bankers, which was returned unpaid.

1790 A. J. Dallas Rep. Cases Pennsylvania 1 195 Draughts made payable to the party himself.]

1816 Ld. Byron Let. 2 Jan. (1976) V. 13 I have enclosed your draft.

1837 J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire II. iii. v. 166 [They] pay them by giving a bill or draft for the sum, payable in coin at sight, or at so many days after date.

1861 G. J. Goschen Theory Foreign Exchanges 31 Teas shipped from China to New York are generally paid for by a draft of the exporter on a London merchant for account of the American importer in New York.

187. McLeod in Bithell Counting-Ho. Dict. at Draft If the order be addressed to a person who merely holds the money as a Depositum, as a Baillee, or Trustee, or Agent, or Servant of the writer, it is not a Bill, but a Draft.

c. figurative. A demand, claim.

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society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > demand > a demand

demandc1290

boonc1300

calla1400

requisition?a1450

plea1598

requiral1611

clarion call?1784

drafta1817

outcry1834

a1817 J. Austen Northanger Abbey (1818) II. xi. 219 Giving ready-monied actual happiness for a draft on the future, that may not be honoured.

1866 W. D. Howells Venetian Life 121 Their sterling honesty..has made the English tongue a draft upon the unlimited confidence of the continental peoples.

1869 T. T. Lynch Church & State 14 That so great a draft should be made on our patience.

1885 Manch. Examiner 15 June 6/2 Her Majesty makes a thoughtless draft upon the loyalty of her Minister.

4. A plan, sketch, or drawing, esp. of a work to be executed; †a chart. More usually draught n. 30, 31.

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society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > drawing plans or diagrams > [noun] > a plan or diagram > working drawing

draught1577

design1624

draft1678

setting-out1848

1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. vi. 104 A round Iron Plate which lies within the hollow..and therefore cannot in Draft be seen in its proper place.

1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World v. 100 The Spaniards who first discovered them, and in whose drafts alone they are laid down.

1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World ix. 272 Some of their Drafts newly made do make California to join to the Main.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Draught, Draft, in Architecture, the Figure of an intended Building described on Paper.

1809 H. Carter Autobiogr. Cornish Smuggler (1894) 55 There is no draft for the Channel on board I knows nothing of the Channel.

1863 P. Barry Dockyard Econ. 138 The Superintendent delivers the order, with the drafts and specifications, to the master shipwright.

5. A preliminary sketch or rough form of a writing or document, from which the final or fair copy is made.

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society > communication > writing > written text > [noun] > preliminary or rough copy

draught1528

rough draft1576

foul papers1601

rough copy1638

essay1656

concept1658

draft1769

upset1841

1528 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1884) V. 250 Where ther is a draught of a Will of myne.

c1680 W. Beveridge Serm. (1729) I. 263 This was the first draught of the new covenant.

a1690 J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Third Pt. (1692) I. 238 In the Draught of the Bill..it was further specified [etc.].

a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. Pref. 3 What I wrote in the first draught of this work.

1738 T. Birch Life Milton in J. Milton Wks. I. 3 There are two Draughts of this Letter in his own hand writing.]

1769 E. Burke Corr. (1844) I. 187 I have seen the draft of the petition.

1804 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. IV. 93 A draft of the conveyance was prepared by Mr. Booth, the purchaser's counsel.

1825 T. Jefferson Autobiogr. in Wks. (1859) I. 7 I prepared a draught of instructions to be given to the delegates.

1855 D. Brewster Mem. Life I. Newton (new ed.) II. xiv. 31 We have found several rough draughts of the changes which he intended to have made upon the scholium.]

1887 Spectator 9 July 921/1 The latest draft of Thames Conservancy bye-laws, now awaiting the Order of Council.

6. Technical.

a. Masonry. Chisel-dressing at the margin of the surface of a stone to serve as a guide for the levelling of the surface. Also draught n. 43.

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1878 C. R. Conder Tent Wk. Palestine II. 81 The stones are all drafted with the real Jewish draft, broad, shallow, and beautifully cut.

b. ‘The degree of deflexion of a millstone-furrow from a radial direction.’ ( Cent. Dict.)

c. See quot. 1874.

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1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Draft 6 (Pattern-making.), the amount of taper given to a pattern to enable it to be withdrawn from the mold, without disturbing the loam.

Compounds

attributive.

C1. Drafted or selected from the flock, as draft ewe.

ΘΚΠ

crock1528

freemartina1722

draft ewe1794

shot1796

draft1844

yeld1856

1794 D. Ure Gen. View Agric. Roxburgh (Jam.) Those are picked out which are most unfit for breeders, and in best condition for the market. These are called Draught or Cast Ewes.

1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (ed. 2) Draft sheep..a selection of the best annually.

1892 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Draught, the worst sheep ‘drawn’, or culled out from a flock. ‘Draught ewes.’ In parts of England these are called culls.

1894 Times 30 July 12/2 Draft ewes made up to 88s. per head.

C2. Drawn up as a preliminary or rough form whence a fair copy is afterwards made.

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the mind > will > intention > planning > [noun] > a plan

redeeOE

devicec1290

casta1300

went1303

ordinancec1385

intentc1386

imaginationa1393

drifta1535

draught1535

forecast1535

platform1547

ground-plat?a1560

table1560

convoy1565

design1565

plat1574

ground-plota1586

plot1587

reach1587

theory1593

game1595

projectment1611

projecting1616

navation1628

approach1633

plan1635

systema1648

sophism1657

manage1667

brouillon1678

speculationa1684

sketch1697

to take measures1698

method1704

scheme1704

lines1760

outline1760

measure1767

restorative1821

ground plan1834

strategy1834

programme1837

ticket1842

project1849

outline plan1850

layout1867

draft1879

dart1882

lurk1916

schema1939

lick1955

1879 ‘E. Garrett’ House by Wks. II. 153 This was but a draft will, partly filled up.

1891 Law Times 90 420/1 How unreal is the publicity afforded by laying draft rules upon the table in Parliament.

C3. draft-cattle, draft-horses: see draught n. Compounds 1a.

C4.

draft tube n. [draught n. 23]

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1876 Jrnl. Franklin Inst. 101 285 A turbine provided with this draft tube can be placed between both levels that constitute the fall, and produce the same result as if the turbine were placed at the bottom of the fall.

†draft box n. an airtight tube or enclosure that at its upper end receives the discharge from a turbine and at its lower end extends below the level of the water in the tail-race; (originally simply draft).

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1840 Parker & McKelvey U.S. Patent 1658 The percussion and reaction wheel..is inclosed in a box or case, which is denominated a ‘draft’..the mouth of said draft-dipping into the water and being..below the level of the water in the tail-race.

1849 Jrnl. Franklin Inst. 48 402 The water passes from the wheels or rims into two air-tight chambers..called ‘draft boxes’, from which it passes into two air-tight iron tubes..called ‘draft tubes’, which..discharge the water beneath the surface of the lower level.

1927 Sel. Engin. Papers Inst. Civil. Engin. xxxiv. 3 Draught-tubes for hydraulic turbines may be either straight, or curved so as to divert the direction of flow through 90 degrees between the turbine and the tail-race.

1958 Engineering 28 Mar. 414/2 The draft tubes for two more units have been completed.

Draft additions January 2011

Sport (chiefly North American, originally Baseball). A system whereby exclusive rights to certain players are allocated among teams, with priority of selection often being granted to the weaker teams in a league; an instance of selecting players by such a system. Also: a player so selected.

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1891 Boston Daily Globe 23 Mar. 5/2 The draft system, under the new national agreement, is going to knock chunks off the coming salaries, once it gets into operation.

1921 Amer. Rev. of Reviews Apr. 419/1 The minor leagues paid to this body varying sums,..as a guarantee that their players would not be taken from them excepting by purchase or by draft.

1953 Chicago Tribune 25 Apr. ii. 3/6 The National Basketball association opened its annual draft of collegiate stars.

1993 Hockey News (Toronto) 5 Feb. 15 (advt.) NHL drafts such as Brett Hull, James Patrick, Dave Chyzowski, [etc.].

2004 M. St. Amant Committed (2005) iii. 28 Like most drafts today, it was a ‘snake’ or ‘serpentine’ draft, where teams drafted one through eight, followed by ‘the turn’, where Team 8 would get two straight picks (eight and nine), and then all the way back to Team 1.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

draftv.

Brit.

/drɑːft/,

/draft/, U.S.

/dræft/

Etymology: < draft n. Formerly spelt draught v., which is still retained in some senses.

a. transitive. To draw off or out and remove (a party of persons, animals, or things) from a larger body for some special duty or purpose. Chiefly in Military use, and in Stock-farming: see quots. Also (chiefly U.S.), to conscript.

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the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > choose in specific way [verb (transitive)] > select from a number or for a purpose

markOE

to choose out1297

out-trya1325

cullc1330

welec1330

try1340

walea1350

coil1399

drawa1400

to mark outa1450

electa1513

sorta1535

prick1536

exempta1538

select1567

sort1597

to gather out1611

single1629

delibate1660

to cut out1667

outlooka1687

draught1714

draft1724

to tell off1727

society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > enlist (soldiers) [verb (transitive)] > compel to enlist

prest1481

press1542

impress1598

imprest1645

lot1757

conscribe1806

conscript1813

draft1862

press-gang1899

to comb out1916

1714 London Gaz. No. 5193/4 Who was Draughted into Sir John Gibson's Company of Invalid Serjeants.]

1724 London Gaz. No. 6309/2 The..Corps out of which they have been drafted.

1745 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 665/2 An order..for draughting out of the train of artillery..130 matrosses.]

1757 J. Woolman Jrnl. (1971) v. 87 Orders came..to draft the militia.

1758 J. Blake Plan Marine Syst. 12 The commander..shall draught off an equal number of men..to supply their places.]

1833 H. Martineau Charmed Sea i. 6 Taddeus..had been drafted into one of the condemned regiments.

1847 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 8 i. 3 Many exceedingly good animals are drafted in consequence of some little want of uniformity..It is not uncommon with the ram-breeders to draft the whole produce from a sheep that has disappointed them.

1860 G. Duppa in S. S. Crawford Sheep & Sheepmen of Canterbury (1949) v. 46 Draft out rams as flock is dipped and keep them in a separate flock.

1862 O. W. Norton Army Lett. (1903) 102 We want them drafted if they won't volunteer.

1863 S. Butler First Year Canterbury Settl. x. 153 You will see fit to draft out all the lambs that are ready for weaning.

1867 J. E. T. Rogers Pref. A. Smith's Wealth of Nations I. 7 Promising young Scotchmen are yearly drafted off to complete their studies at Oxford.

1868 E. Edwards Life Sir W. Ralegh I. xi. 211 The soldiers..were hastily draughted off to their respective vessels.]

1889 G. P. Williams & W. P. Reeves Colonial Couplets 9 Dagging the hoggets, or drafting the rams.

1940 E. E. Cummings Let. 10 Nov. (1969) 158 I avoided the American army, by visiting France with a Norton Harjes ambulanceunit, merely to have myself drafted later and serve six months at Camp Devens.

1946 F. D. Davison Dusty viii. 80 He and Harry were bringing a mob in to the yards to draft out some ageing ewes.

1947 ‘N. Shute’ Chequer Board iii. 56 When I got drafted they..put me into a construction unit.

1953 M. C. Scott Breakfast at Six (1960) iv. 34 Presently Larry was summoned to help draft the sheep.

1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. 4/8 A representative of the U.S. Office of Education said more than 150,000 prospective graduate-school students probably would be drafted.

b. More generally: To draw off or away.

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the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > remove or take away

ateec885

withbreidec890

animOE

overbearOE

to do awayOE

flitc1175

reavec1175

takec1175

to have away?a1300

to draw awayc1300

weve13..

to wend awaya1325

withdrawa1325

remuec1325

to carry away1363

to take away1372

waive1377

to long awaya1382

oftakec1390

to draw offa1398

to do froa1400

forflitc1420

amove?a1425

to carry out?a1425

surtrayc1440

surtretec1440

twistc1440

abstract1449

ostea1450

remove1459

ablatea1475

araisea1475

redd1479

dismove1480

diminish?1504

convey1530

alienate1534

retire1536

dimove1540

reversec1540

subtractc1540

submove1542

sublate1548

pare1549

to pull in1549

exempt1553

to shift off1567

retract?1570

renversec1586

aufer1587

to lay offa1593

rear1596

retrench1596

unhearse1596

exemea1600

remote1600

to set off1600

subduct1614

rob1627

extraneize1653

to bring off1656

to pull back1656

draft1742

extract1804

reef1901

the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (transitive)] > extract gas or liquid

exhaust1540

draina1552

to draw off1594

uncask1594

spring1597

carry1602

tap1602

milka1628

to carry off1677

evacuate1719

drafta1875

aspirate1880

bleed1889

1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews II. iv. i. 170 All her Rents had been drafted to London, without a Shilling being spent among them.

a1875 Carpenter in Croll Climate & T. ix. 164 The cold and dense polar water..will not directly take the place of that which has been drafted off from the surface.

c. transferred. Esp., to force or persuade (a reluctant or allegedly reluctant person) to become a candidate for office. U.S.

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1861 J. G. Holland Lessons in Life iii. 41 An old man..was drafted into the grand jury.

1927 Observer 4 Dec. 20/7 Mr. Smith will be nominated. Mr. Coolidge will be ‘drafted’ by acclaim of the Convention. The Republicans will win.

1948 Chickasha (Okla.) Daily Express 4 July 1/1 Nevertheless he could be drafted, if a definite draft movement took place at Philadelphia.

2. To make a draft or rough copy of (a document); to draw up in a preliminary form, which may be afterwards perfected. Rarely draught.

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society > communication > writing > manner of writing > [verb (transitive)] > draft

scrolla1732

redraft1795

draft1828

rough-draft1844

1828 in N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang.

1828 J. W. Croker Diary 11 July The Duke..read me a letter..which he had drafted.

1873 W. H. Dixon Hist. Two Queens I. iii. ix. 168 The Articles were drafted into form and signed.

1878 J. R. Seeley Life & Times Stein I. 456 It is not draughting a Bill, but passing it, that is the difficulty.

3. Masonry. To cut a draught (or draft) on a stone: see also draught v. 4.

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1878 C. R. Conder Tent Wk. Palestine II. 81 The stones are all drafted with the real Jewish draft, broad, shallow, and beautifully cut.

1890 A. H. Sayce in Contemp. Rev. 431 The stones of the glacis..are drafted.

1891 Edinb. Rev. July 110 Megalithic masonry occurs on the Mole at Sidon, but it is not drafted.

Derivatives

ˈdrafted adj.

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the mind > will > intention > planning > [adjective] > planned

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contrivedc1450

imagined1509

castc1540

devised1552

plotted1592

projected1630

brewed1637

forelaid1640

laid1697

calculated1723

planned1728

unspontaneous1791

programmed1845

tactical1876

drafted1877

programmatical1890

programmatic1899

1877 W. Black Green Pastures & Piccadilly I. iii. 39 Some drafted bills.

1878 C. R. Conder Tent Wk. Palestine I. 352 Drafted masonry.

1894 Forum Oct. 153 Drafted or pre-announced oratory.

Draft additions January 2011

transitive. Sport (chiefly North American, originally Baseball). Of a team: to acquire exclusive rights to (a player) by means of a draft. Cf. draft n. Additions.

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1891 Yenowine's Illustr. News (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) 1 Feb. 6/1 A Class B club can draft a player from Class C League upon the same plan.

1915 Spalding's Official Base Ball Rec. 8 7 Both National and American Leagues agreed that players drafted from Class AA clubs should finish the season.

1964 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant 5 May 21/3 The full list of players drafted by each National Basketball Association club Monday.

1986 R. C. Berry et al. Labor Relations in Professional Sports iv. 109 A player who is not signed with the club drafting him may be drafted by another team in an extra round.

2003 Prospect Sept. 70/1 After six years all players become free agents,..but until then, they are effectively the indentured slaves of the team that drafts them.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	draft
释义	draftn. Brit. /drɑːft/, /draft/, U.S. /dræft/ Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: draught n. Etymology: Originally a variant of draught n., now usually distinguished in form in the senses below. A modern phonetic spelling of draught n., found in many senses of the word, and now established in the following: 1. The drawing down of one scale or end of a balance in weighing; the ‘turn of the scale’; hence a deduction from the gross weight allowed for this in retailing (= cloff n.). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > amount determined by weighing > deduction to give net weight > other allowances cloffc1503 tretc1503 draughta1513 draft1757 taring1882 1494 R. Fabyan New Chron. Eng. vii. 342 Before tyme y^e weyer vsyd to lene his draught towarde the marchaundyse, soo that the byar hadde...x. or .xii.li. in a draughte to his aduauntage.] 1757 W. Thompson Royal Navy-men's Advocate 39 To put his Foot into the Scale to weigh it down, to make the Draft good. 1809 R. Langford Introd. Trade 72 100 Hides..Draft 1 lb. per 10 Hs. 1848 Illustr. London News 29 Apr. 281/1 Secreting two iron hooks under his weighing-machine, thereby causing a draft of 4½ oz. against the purchaser. 2. a. The drawing off, detachment, or selection of a party from a larger body for some special (spec. military) duty or purpose; spec. (esp. in U.S.), selective conscription. Also attributive and in other combinations. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > [noun] > compulsory pressing1591 press?1592 impress1603 imprest1610 impressing1641 draft1757 conscription1799 press-ganging1863 blood tax1890 call-up1916 comb1916 the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > [noun] > selecting from a number or for a purpose > specific persons or animals draught1703 draughting1796 draft1800 1703 London Gaz. No. 3888/3 Orders..for making a considerable Draught out of our Garison, in order to some Expedition.] 1757 J. Woolman Jrnl. (1971) v. 87 The military officers..agreed on a draft. 1780 J. Jones Let. 2 Dec. (1889) 58 Let an exemption from draft, or even militia duty out of the State, be offered by the law to every person who recruits a soldier for the war. 1800 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) I. 93 If the bullocks are not occasionally recruited by drafts of fresh calves. 1813 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) 24 Sept. XI. 140 To get nearly as many men by a draft from the militia. 1872 J. Yeats Growth Commerce 31 Draughts of labourers were employed in Spain.] 1875 T. W. Higginson Young Folks' Hist. U.S. 306 Soldiers were being drafted; but the draft was very unpopular. 1878 J. H. Beadle Western Wilds 532 All the really valuable survivors of the volunteer army had returned to civil life;..the draft-sneaks and worthless remained. 1918 ‘Captain X’ Our First Half Million 20 Certain newspapers in discussing the draft..used an unfortunate word. It was ‘conscript’. 1918 W. Owen Let. ?25 Mar. (1967) 542 Two companies of A 4 (boys) on Draft Leave. 1931 J. T. Adams Epic of Amer. xi. 338 There was no draft, there were only..volunteers. 1931 J. T. Adams Epic of Amer. xiii. 384 No reliance was placed upon volunteering..and a universal draft act was passed. 1961 Listener 17 Aug. 240/1 These sermons were levelled at a nation of professional draft-dodgers. 1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. 1/4 The head of the Toronto Anti-Draft Program last night predicted a considerable increase in the numbers of draft-dodgers coming to Canada in the wake of new draft deferment rules for graduate students. 1968 Listener 6 June 733/2 Students..were protesting against the war by turning in their draft cards. 1971 Times 22 Feb. (Canada Suppl.) p. v/1 Nor are more than a few of them draft-dodgers from over the United States border. b. The party or body so drawn off or selected. Also, a person drafted for military service. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > group with special function or duty > [noun] conreyc1330 partyc1330 stalec1350 stuff1412 crew1455 working party1744 draft1756 draught1780 commando1791 detail1862 otriad1916 taskforce1927 stick1953 society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by type of service > [noun] > conscript levy1611 pressman1638 forced man1748 lotman1758 conscript1798 draftee1866 draft1916 chocolate soldier1939 choco1940 selectee1940 G.I.1943 national serviceman1949 1756 G. Washington Let. in Writings (1889) I. 245 I am..convinced..all the drafts [will] quit the service. 1780 J. Reid in J. Sparks Corr. Amer. Revol. (1853) III. 20 They absolutely refuse to march the drafts to the army. 1868 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army ⁋515 Attention..to the age of the men selected, so that the draft may consist of those best qualified for a change of climate. 1884 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Old Melbourne Mem. ii. 22 A draft of out-lying cattle..rose and galloped off. 1890 Times 22 Sept. 4/4 The Wye..sailed from Sheerness..with naval drafts and stores. 1894 J. N. Maskelyne ‘Sharps & Flats’ 56 The ‘draft’— i.e. the cards to replace those which have been discarded [at Poker]. 1916 ‘B. Cable’ Action Front 110 I've seen one-half the battalion wiped out and built up with drafts. a1917 E. A. Mackintosh War, the Liberator (1918) 23 I know the drafts are good men, I know they're doing well. c. = draft ewe at Compounds 1. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > female > unfit for or unable to breed or inferior crock1528 freemartina1722 draft ewe1794 shot1796 draft1844 yeld1856 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm III. 1107 Drafts are ready for sale in September. 1886 C. Scott Pract. Sheep-farming 107 Ewes and gimmers at 34/4½, being 3/- a head more than the drafts. d. U.S. An act of drafting (see draft v. 1c). ΚΠ 1948 Economist 8 May 763/1 Many believe that General Eisenhower would yield to a draft. 1948 Chickasha (Okla.) Daily Express 4 July 1/1 Nevertheless he could be drafted, if a definite draft movement took place at Philadelphia. 1950 Manch. Guardian Weekly 2 Nov. 2 He chose to yield to Governor Dewey's ‘draft’ and accept the nomination. 3. a. The ‘drawing’ of money by an order in due form. Also draught n. 35a. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [noun] > withdrawing money draught1633 draft1833 withdrawal1861 1633 T. Stafford Pacata Hibernia i. iii. 29 Fearing..lest some draught might bee drawen upon them.] 1833 Act 3 & 4 William IV c. 46 §61 Such treasurer shall make no drafts on the said accounts for any private purpose. 1838 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Ferdinand & Isabella III. ii. xix. 266 Replenishing the exchequer by draughts on his new subjects.] b. A written order for the payment of money, ‘drawn on’ or addressed to a person holding money in trust or as an agent or servant of the drawer; a bill or cheque drawn; sometimes, spec., an order for the payment of money drawn by one branch of a bank or mercantile house upon another, or by one department of an office upon another. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > cheques and drafts > [noun] > cheque paper credit1725 draught1736 banker's draft1764 bank cheque1774 draft1786 sight cheque1863 certified cheque1880 marked cheque1896 Eurocheque1969 1743 H. Fielding Ess. Char. Men in Misc. I. 205 [He] who relieves his Friend in Distress, by a Draught on Aldgate Pump. [Note] A Mercantile Phrase for a bad Note. 1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (ed. 2) II. xxx. 467 In common speech such a bill is frequently called a draught, but a bill of exchange is the more legal as well as mercantile expression. 1775 Fielding's True Patriot in Wks. IX. 335 I have sent you a draught on your tutor, according to your desires.] 1786 Particulars Trials John Shepherd 13 Mr. Elliot sent the draft to the bankers, which was returned unpaid. 1790 A. J. Dallas Rep. Cases Pennsylvania 1 195 Draughts made payable to the party himself.] 1816 Ld. Byron Let. 2 Jan. (1976) V. 13 I have enclosed your draft. 1837 J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire II. iii. v. 166 [They] pay them by giving a bill or draft for the sum, payable in coin at sight, or at so many days after date. 1861 G. J. Goschen Theory Foreign Exchanges 31 Teas shipped from China to New York are generally paid for by a draft of the exporter on a London merchant for account of the American importer in New York. 187. McLeod in Bithell Counting-Ho. Dict. at Draft If the order be addressed to a person who merely holds the money as a Depositum, as a Baillee, or Trustee, or Agent, or Servant of the writer, it is not a Bill, but a Draft. c. figurative. A demand, claim. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > demand > a demand demandc1290 boonc1300 calla1400 requisition?a1450 plea1598 requiral1611 clarion call?1784 drafta1817 outcry1834 a1817 J. Austen Northanger Abbey (1818) II. xi. 219 Giving ready-monied actual happiness for a draft on the future, that may not be honoured. View more context for this quotation 1866 W. D. Howells Venetian Life 121 Their sterling honesty..has made the English tongue a draft upon the unlimited confidence of the continental peoples. 1869 T. T. Lynch Church & State 14 That so great a draft should be made on our patience. 1885 Manch. Examiner 15 June 6/2 Her Majesty makes a thoughtless draft upon the loyalty of her Minister. 4. A plan, sketch, or drawing, esp. of a work to be executed; †a chart. More usually draught n. 30, 31. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > drawing plans or diagrams > [noun] > a plan or diagram > working drawing draught1577 design1624 draft1678 setting-out1848 1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. vi. 104 A round Iron Plate which lies within the hollow..and therefore cannot in Draft be seen in its proper place. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World v. 100 The Spaniards who first discovered them, and in whose drafts alone they are laid down. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World ix. 272 Some of their Drafts newly made do make California to join to the Main. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Draught, Draft, in Architecture, the Figure of an intended Building described on Paper. 1809 H. Carter Autobiogr. Cornish Smuggler (1894) 55 There is no draft for the Channel on board I knows nothing of the Channel. 1863 P. Barry Dockyard Econ. 138 The Superintendent delivers the order, with the drafts and specifications, to the master shipwright. 5. A preliminary sketch or rough form of a writing or document, from which the final or fair copy is made. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written text > [noun] > preliminary or rough copy draught1528 rough draft1576 foul papers1601 rough copy1638 essay1656 concept1658 draft1769 upset1841 1528 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1884) V. 250 Where ther is a draught of a Will of myne. c1680 W. Beveridge Serm. (1729) I. 263 This was the first draught of the new covenant. a1690 J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Third Pt. (1692) I. 238 In the Draught of the Bill..it was further specified [etc.]. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. Pref. 3 What I wrote in the first draught of this work. 1738 T. Birch Life Milton in J. Milton Wks. I. 3 There are two Draughts of this Letter in his own hand writing.] 1769 E. Burke Corr. (1844) I. 187 I have seen the draft of the petition. 1804 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. IV. 93 A draft of the conveyance was prepared by Mr. Booth, the purchaser's counsel. 1825 T. Jefferson Autobiogr. in Wks. (1859) I. 7 I prepared a draught of instructions to be given to the delegates. 1855 D. Brewster Mem. Life I. Newton (new ed.) II. xiv. 31 We have found several rough draughts of the changes which he intended to have made upon the scholium.] 1887 Spectator 9 July 921/1 The latest draft of Thames Conservancy bye-laws, now awaiting the Order of Council. 6. Technical. a. Masonry. Chisel-dressing at the margin of the surface of a stone to serve as a guide for the levelling of the surface. Also draught n. 43. ΚΠ 1878 C. R. Conder Tent Wk. Palestine II. 81 The stones are all drafted with the real Jewish draft, broad, shallow, and beautifully cut. b. ‘The degree of deflexion of a millstone-furrow from a radial direction.’ ( Cent. Dict.) c. See quot. 1874. ΚΠ 1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Draft 6 (Pattern-making.), the amount of taper given to a pattern to enable it to be withdrawn from the mold, without disturbing the loam. Compounds attributive. C1. Drafted or selected from the flock, as draft ewe. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > female > unfit for or unable to breed or inferior crock1528 freemartina1722 draft ewe1794 shot1796 draft1844 yeld1856 1794 D. Ure Gen. View Agric. Roxburgh (Jam.) Those are picked out which are most unfit for breeders, and in best condition for the market. These are called Draught or Cast Ewes. 1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (ed. 2) Draft sheep..a selection of the best annually. 1892 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Draught, the worst sheep ‘drawn’, or culled out from a flock. ‘Draught ewes.’ In parts of England these are called culls. 1894 Times 30 July 12/2 Draft ewes made up to 88s. per head. C2. Drawn up as a preliminary or rough form whence a fair copy is afterwards made. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > [noun] > a plan redeeOE devicec1290 casta1300 went1303 ordinancec1385 intentc1386 imaginationa1393 drifta1535 draught1535 forecast1535 platform1547 ground-plat?a1560 table1560 convoy1565 design1565 plat1574 ground-plota1586 plot1587 reach1587 theory1593 game1595 projectment1611 projecting1616 navation1628 approach1633 view1634 plan1635 systema1648 sophism1657 manage1667 brouillon1678 speculationa1684 sketch1697 to take measures1698 method1704 scheme1704 lines1760 outline1760 measure1767 restorative1821 ground plan1834 strategy1834 programme1837 ticket1842 project1849 outline plan1850 layout1867 draft1879 dart1882 lurk1916 schema1939 lick1955 1879 ‘E. Garrett’ House by Wks. II. 153 This was but a draft will, partly filled up. 1891 Law Times 90 420/1 How unreal is the publicity afforded by laying draft rules upon the table in Parliament. C3. draft-cattle, draft-horses: see draught n. Compounds 1a. C4. draft tube n. [draught n. 23] ΚΠ 1876 Jrnl. Franklin Inst. 101 285 A turbine provided with this draft tube can be placed between both levels that constitute the fall, and produce the same result as if the turbine were placed at the bottom of the fall. †draft box n. an airtight tube or enclosure that at its upper end receives the discharge from a turbine and at its lower end extends below the level of the water in the tail-race; (originally simply draft). ΚΠ 1840 Parker & McKelvey U.S. Patent 1658 The percussion and reaction wheel..is inclosed in a box or case, which is denominated a ‘draft’..the mouth of said draft-dipping into the water and being..below the level of the water in the tail-race. 1849 Jrnl. Franklin Inst. 48 402 The water passes from the wheels or rims into two air-tight chambers..called ‘draft boxes’, from which it passes into two air-tight iron tubes..called ‘draft tubes’, which..discharge the water beneath the surface of the lower level. 1927 Sel. Engin. Papers Inst. Civil. Engin. xxxiv. 3 Draught-tubes for hydraulic turbines may be either straight, or curved so as to divert the direction of flow through 90 degrees between the turbine and the tail-race. 1958 Engineering 28 Mar. 414/2 The draft tubes for two more units have been completed. Draft additions January 2011 Sport (chiefly North American, originally Baseball). A system whereby exclusive rights to certain players are allocated among teams, with priority of selection often being granted to the weaker teams in a league; an instance of selecting players by such a system. Also: a player so selected. ΚΠ 1891 Boston Daily Globe 23 Mar. 5/2 The draft system, under the new national agreement, is going to knock chunks off the coming salaries, once it gets into operation. 1921 Amer. Rev. of Reviews Apr. 419/1 The minor leagues paid to this body varying sums,..as a guarantee that their players would not be taken from them excepting by purchase or by draft. 1953 Chicago Tribune 25 Apr. ii. 3/6 The National Basketball association opened its annual draft of collegiate stars. 1993 Hockey News (Toronto) 5 Feb. 15 (advt.) NHL drafts such as Brett Hull, James Patrick, Dave Chyzowski, [etc.]. 2004 M. St. Amant Committed (2005) iii. 28 Like most drafts today, it was a ‘snake’ or ‘serpentine’ draft, where teams drafted one through eight, followed by ‘the turn’, where Team 8 would get two straight picks (eight and nine), and then all the way back to Team 1. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020). draftv. Brit. /drɑːft/, /draft/, U.S. /dræft/ Etymology: < draft n. Formerly spelt draught v., which is still retained in some senses. 1. a. transitive. To draw off or out and remove (a party of persons, animals, or things) from a larger body for some special duty or purpose. Chiefly in Military use, and in Stock-farming: see quots. Also (chiefly U.S.), to conscript. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > choose in specific way [verb (transitive)] > select from a number or for a purpose markOE to choose out1297 out-trya1325 cullc1330 welec1330 try1340 walea1350 coil1399 drawa1400 to mark outa1450 electa1513 sorta1535 prick1536 exempta1538 select1567 sort1597 to gather out1611 single1629 delibate1660 to cut out1667 outlooka1687 draught1714 draft1724 to tell off1727 society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > enlist (soldiers) [verb (transitive)] > compel to enlist prest1481 press1542 impress1598 imprest1645 lot1757 conscribe1806 conscript1813 draft1862 press-gang1899 to comb out1916 1714 London Gaz. No. 5193/4 Who was Draughted into Sir John Gibson's Company of Invalid Serjeants.] 1724 London Gaz. No. 6309/2 The..Corps out of which they have been drafted. 1745 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 665/2 An order..for draughting out of the train of artillery..130 matrosses.] 1757 J. Woolman Jrnl. (1971) v. 87 Orders came..to draft the militia. 1758 J. Blake Plan Marine Syst. 12 The commander..shall draught off an equal number of men..to supply their places.] 1833 H. Martineau Charmed Sea i. 6 Taddeus..had been drafted into one of the condemned regiments. 1847 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 8 i. 3 Many exceedingly good animals are drafted in consequence of some little want of uniformity..It is not uncommon with the ram-breeders to draft the whole produce from a sheep that has disappointed them. 1860 G. Duppa in S. S. Crawford Sheep & Sheepmen of Canterbury (1949) v. 46 Draft out rams as flock is dipped and keep them in a separate flock. 1862 O. W. Norton Army Lett. (1903) 102 We want them drafted if they won't volunteer. 1863 S. Butler First Year Canterbury Settl. x. 153 You will see fit to draft out all the lambs that are ready for weaning. 1867 J. E. T. Rogers Pref. A. Smith's Wealth of Nations I. 7 Promising young Scotchmen are yearly drafted off to complete their studies at Oxford. 1868 E. Edwards Life Sir W. Ralegh I. xi. 211 The soldiers..were hastily draughted off to their respective vessels.] 1889 G. P. Williams & W. P. Reeves Colonial Couplets 9 Dagging the hoggets, or drafting the rams. 1940 E. E. Cummings Let. 10 Nov. (1969) 158 I avoided the American army, by visiting France with a Norton Harjes ambulanceunit, merely to have myself drafted later and serve six months at Camp Devens. 1946 F. D. Davison Dusty viii. 80 He and Harry were bringing a mob in to the yards to draft out some ageing ewes. 1947 ‘N. Shute’ Chequer Board iii. 56 When I got drafted they..put me into a construction unit. 1953 M. C. Scott Breakfast at Six (1960) iv. 34 Presently Larry was summoned to help draft the sheep. 1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. 4/8 A representative of the U.S. Office of Education said more than 150,000 prospective graduate-school students probably would be drafted. b. More generally: To draw off or away. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > remove or take away ateec885 withbreidec890 animOE overbearOE to do awayOE flitc1175 reavec1175 takec1175 to have away?a1300 to draw awayc1300 weve13.. to wend awaya1325 withdrawa1325 remuec1325 to carry away1363 to take away1372 waive1377 to long awaya1382 oftakec1390 to draw offa1398 to do froa1400 forflitc1420 amove?a1425 to carry out?a1425 surtrayc1440 surtretec1440 twistc1440 abstract1449 ostea1450 remove1459 ablatea1475 araisea1475 redd1479 dismove1480 diminish?1504 convey1530 alienate1534 retire1536 dimove1540 reversec1540 subtractc1540 submove1542 sublate1548 pare1549 to pull in1549 exempt1553 to shift off1567 retract?1570 renversec1586 aufer1587 to lay offa1593 rear1596 retrench1596 unhearse1596 exemea1600 remote1600 to set off1600 subduct1614 rob1627 extraneize1653 to bring off1656 to pull back1656 draft1742 extract1804 reef1901 the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (transitive)] > extract gas or liquid exhaust1540 draina1552 to draw off1594 uncask1594 spring1597 carry1602 tap1602 milka1628 to carry off1677 evacuate1719 drafta1875 aspirate1880 bleed1889 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews II. iv. i. 170 All her Rents had been drafted to London, without a Shilling being spent among them. View more context for this quotation a1875 Carpenter in Croll Climate & T. ix. 164 The cold and dense polar water..will not directly take the place of that which has been drafted off from the surface. c. transferred. Esp., to force or persuade (a reluctant or allegedly reluctant person) to become a candidate for office. U.S. ΚΠ 1861 J. G. Holland Lessons in Life iii. 41 An old man..was drafted into the grand jury. 1927 Observer 4 Dec. 20/7 Mr. Smith will be nominated. Mr. Coolidge will be ‘drafted’ by acclaim of the Convention. The Republicans will win. 1948 Chickasha (Okla.) Daily Express 4 July 1/1 Nevertheless he could be drafted, if a definite draft movement took place at Philadelphia. 2. To make a draft or rough copy of (a document); to draw up in a preliminary form, which may be afterwards perfected. Rarely draught. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > manner of writing > [verb (transitive)] > draft scrolla1732 redraft1795 draft1828 rough-draft1844 1828 in N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. 1828 J. W. Croker Diary 11 July The Duke..read me a letter..which he had drafted. 1873 W. H. Dixon Hist. Two Queens I. iii. ix. 168 The Articles were drafted into form and signed. 1878 J. R. Seeley Life & Times Stein I. 456 It is not draughting a Bill, but passing it, that is the difficulty. 3. Masonry. To cut a draught (or draft) on a stone: see also draught v. 4. ΚΠ 1878 C. R. Conder Tent Wk. Palestine II. 81 The stones are all drafted with the real Jewish draft, broad, shallow, and beautifully cut. 1890 A. H. Sayce in Contemp. Rev. 431 The stones of the glacis..are drafted. 1891 Edinb. Rev. July 110 Megalithic masonry occurs on the Mole at Sidon, but it is not drafted. Derivatives ˈdrafted adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > [adjective] > planned compassedc1430 contrivedc1450 imagined1509 castc1540 devised1552 plotted1592 projected1630 brewed1637 forelaid1640 laid1697 calculated1723 planned1728 unspontaneous1791 programmed1845 tactical1876 drafted1877 programmatical1890 programmatic1899 1877 W. Black Green Pastures & Piccadilly I. iii. 39 Some drafted bills. 1878 C. R. Conder Tent Wk. Palestine I. 352 Drafted masonry. 1894 Forum Oct. 153 Drafted or pre-announced oratory. Draft additions January 2011 transitive. Sport (chiefly North American, originally Baseball). Of a team: to acquire exclusive rights to (a player) by means of a draft. Cf. draft n. Additions. ΚΠ 1891 Yenowine's Illustr. News (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) 1 Feb. 6/1 A Class B club can draft a player from Class C League upon the same plan. 1915 Spalding's Official Base Ball Rec. 8 7 Both National and American Leagues agreed that players drafted from Class AA clubs should finish the season. 1964 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant 5 May 21/3 The full list of players drafted by each National Basketball Association club Monday. 1986 R. C. Berry et al. Labor Relations in Professional Sports iv. 109 A player who is not signed with the club drafting him may be drafted by another team in an extra round. 2003 Prospect Sept. 70/1 After six years all players become free agents,..but until then, they are effectively the indentured slaves of the team that drafts them. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1678v.1724
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