draughts
/dɹɑːfts//dɹæfts/noun
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A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle.
Draw through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process.
An act of drinking.
The quantity of liquid (such as water, alcohol, or medicine) drunk in one swallow.
Example: She took a deep draft from the bottle of water.
verb
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To write a first version, make a preliminary sketch.
To draw in outline; to make a draught, sketch, or plan of, as in architectural and mechanical drawing.
To write a law.
To conscript a person, force a person to serve in some capacity, especially in the military.
Example: He was drafted during the Vietnam War.
noun
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A checker: a game piece used in the game of draughts.
Ale: a type of beer brewed using top-fermenting yeast.
A mild vesicatory.
An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
noun
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A board game for two players in which the players each have a set number of pieces (typically 12 or 20, depending on the rule set), known as men, and the object is to capture each of the opponent's pieces by jumping one's own pieces over the opponent's pieces.
A mild vesicatory.