\Draff\, n. [Cf. D. draf the sediment of ale, Icel. draf
draff, husks. Cf. 1st {Drab}.]
Refuse; lees; dregs; the wash given to swine or cows;
hogwash; waste matter.
      Prodigals lately come from swine keeping, from eating
      draff and husks.                         -- Shak.
      The draff and offal of a bygone age.     -- Buckle.
      Mere chaff and draff, much better burnt. -- Tennyson.

\Draff\, n. [The same word as draught. OE. draught, draht,
fr. AS. dragan to draw. See {Draw}, and cf. {Draught}.]
1. The act of drawing; also, the thing drawn. Same as
   {Draught}.
         Everything available for draft burden. -- S. G.
                                               Goodrich.
2. (Mil.) A selecting or detaching of soldiers from an army,
   or from any part of it, or from a military post; also from
   any district, or any company or collection of persons, or
   from the people at large; also, the body of men thus
   drafted.
         Several of the States had supplied the deficiency by
         drafts to serve for the year.         --Marshall.
3. An order from one person or party to another, directing
   the payment of money; a bill of exchange.
         I thought it most prudent to deter the drafts till
         advice was received of the progress of the loan. --
                                               A. Hamilton.
4. An allowance or deduction made from the gross veight of
   goods. -- Simmonds.
5. A drawing of lines for a plan; a plan delineated, or drawn
   in outline; a delineation. See {Draught}.
6. The form of any writing as first drawn up; the first rough
   sketch of written composition, to be filled in, or
   completed. See {Draught}.
7. (Masonry)
   (a) A narrow border left on a finished stone, worked
       differently from the rest of its face.
   (b) A narrow border worked to a plane surface along the
       edge of a stone, or across its face, as a guide to the
       stone-cutter.
8. (Milling) The slant given to the furrows in the dress of a
   millstone.
9. (Naut.) Depth of water necessary to float a ship. See
   {Draught}.
10. A current of air. Same as {Draught}.