1. chiefly british variant of draft.

1. the action or an act of pulling something along, especially a beast of burden, vehicle or tractor.
2. the act of drawing.
3. that which is drawn.
4. that which draws.
5. capacity of being drawn.
6. A current of air (usually coming into a room or vehicle).
7. the depth below the water line to the bottom of a vessel's hull.
8. an amount of liquid that is drunk in one swallow.
9. the act of drawing in a net for fish.
10. A game piece used in the game of draughts.
11. A type of beer, brewed using a top-fermenting yeast; ale.
12. beer drawn from a cask or keg rather than a bottle or can.
13. A dose of medicine in liquid form.
14. A privy.
15. A drawing or picture.
16. to draw out; to call forth. see draft.
17. to diminish or exhaust by drawing.
18. to draw in outline; to make a draught, sketch, or plan of, as in architectural and mechanical drawing.

1. used for drawing vehicles, loads, etc.
2. relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of air.
3. used in making drawings.
4. drawn directly from the barrel, or other receptacle, in distinction from bottled; on draught; -- said of ale, cider, and the like.
5.
6. the act of drawing or pulling.
7. the act of moving loads by drawing, as by beasts of burden, and the like.
8. the drawing of a bowstring.
9. act of drawing a net; a sweeping the water for fish.
10. the act of drawing liquor into the mouth and throat; the act of drinking.
11. A sudden attack or drawing upon an enemy.
12. the act of selecting or detaching soldiers; a draft (see draft, n., 2)
13. the act of drawing up, marking out, or delineating; representation.
14. that which is drawn.
15. that which is taken by sweeping with a net.
16. the force drawn; a detachment; -- in this sense usually written draft.
17. the quantity drawn in at once in drinking; a potion or potation.
18. A sketch, outline, or representation, whether written, designed, or drawn; a delineation.
19. an order for the payment of money; -- in this sense almost always written draft.
20. A current of air moving through an inclosed place, as through a room or up a chimney.
21. that which draws.
22. A team of oxen or horses.
23. A sink or drain; a privy.
24. A mild vesicatory; a sinapism.
25. capacity of being drawn; force necessary to draw; traction.
26. the depth of water necessary to float a ship, or the depth a ship sinks in water, especially when laden.
27. an allowance on weighable goods. [eng.] see draft, 4.
28. A move, as at chess or checkers.
29. the bevel given to the pattern for a casting, in order that it may be drawn from the sand without injury to the mold.
30. see draft, n., 7.
31. to draw out; to call forth. see draft.
32. to diminish or exhaust by drawing.
33. to draw in outline; to make a draught, sketch, or plan of, as in architectural and mechanical drawing.

1. see draft.
2. see draff.

1. a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg
2. make a blueprint of
3. a dose of liquid medicine
4. a current of air (usually coming into a chimney or room or vehicle)
5. the depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially when loaded)
6. a large and hurried swallow
7. the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling