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English Dictionary: draft	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
draft n a document ordering the payment of money; drawn by one person or bank on another Synonym(s): draft, bill of exchange, order of payment a current of air (usually coming into a chimney or room or vehicle) Synonym(s): draft, draught a preliminary sketch of a design or picture Synonym(s): draft, rough drawing a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg; "they served beer on draft" Synonym(s): draft, draught, potation, tipple any of the various versions in the development of a written work; "a preliminary draft"; "the final draft of the constitution" Synonym(s): draft, draft copy the depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially when loaded) Synonym(s): draft, draught a regulator for controlling the flow of air in a fireplace a dose of liquid medicine; "he took a sleeping draft" Synonym(s): draft, draught compulsory military service Synonym(s): conscription, muster, draft, selective service a large and hurried swallow; "he finished it at a single gulp" Synonym(s): gulp, draft, draught, swig the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling Synonym(s): draft, draught, drawing v draw up an outline or sketch for something; "draft a speech" Synonym(s): draft, outline engage somebody to enter the army Synonym(s): enlist, draft, muster in Antonym(s): discharge, muster out make a blueprint of Synonym(s): blueprint, draft, draught
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Note \Note\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Noted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Noting}.] [F. noter, L. notare, fr. nota. See {Note}, n.] 1. To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed; to attend to. --Pope. No more of that; I have noted it well. --Shak. 2. To record in writing; to make a memorandum of. Every unguarded word . . . was noted down. --Maccaulay. 3. To charge, as with crime (with of or for before the thing charged); to brand. [Obs.] They were both noted of incontinency. --Dryden. 4. To denote; to designate. --Johnson. 5. To annotate. [R.] --W. H. Dixon. 6. To set down in musical characters. {To note a bill} [or] {draft}, to record on the back of it a refusal of acceptance, as the ground of a protest, which is done officially by a notary.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Draft \Draft\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Drafted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Drafting}.] 1. To draw the outline of; to delineate. 2. To compose and write; as, to draft a memorial. 3. To draw from a military band or post, or from any district, company, or society; to detach; to select. Some royal seminary in Upper Egypt, from whence they drafted novices to supply their colleges and temples. -- Holwell. 4. To transfer by draft. All her rents been drafted to London. -- Fielding.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Draft \Draft\, a. 1. Pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling (as vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as {Draught}. 2. Relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of air. Same as {Draught}. Note: The forms draft and draught, in the senses above-given, are both on approved use. {Draft box}, {Draft engine}, {Draft horse}, {Draft net}, {Draft ox}, {Draft tube}. Same as {Draught box}, {Draught engine}, etc. See under {Draught}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Note: In modern law, proposal and acceptance are the constituent elements into which all contracts are resolved. {Acceptance of a bill of exchange}, {check}, {draft}, [or] {order}, is an engagement to pay it according to the terms. This engagement is usually made by writing the word [bd]accepted[b8] across the face of the bill. {Acceptance of goods}, under the statute of frauds, is an intelligent acceptance by a party knowing the nature of the transaction. 6. Meaning; acceptation. [Obs.] {Acceptance of persons}, partiality, favoritism. See under {Accept}.