Noun

(en noun)

The action or an act of pulling something along, especially a beast of burden, vehicle or tractor.

* Sir W. Temple

A general custom of using oxen for all sort of draught would be, perhaps, the greatest improvement.

The act of drawing, or pulling back.

* Spenser

She sent an arrow forth with mighty draught .

That which is drawn.

* L'Estrange

He laid down his pipe, and cast his net, which brought him a very great draught .

That which draws, such as a team of oxen or horses.

Capacity of being drawn; force necessary to draw; traction.

* Mortimer

The Hertfordshire wheel plough is of the easiest draught .

The act of drawing up, marking out, or delineating; representation.

(Dryden)

A sketch, outline, or representation, whether written, designed, or drawn; a delineation; a draft.

* Macaulay

A draught of a Toleration Act was offered to the Parliament by a private member.

* South

No picture or draught of these things from the report of the eye.

A current of air (usually coming into a room or vehicle).

* Charles Dickens

He preferred to go and sit upon the stairs, in a strong draught of air, until he was again sent for.

(maritime) The depth below the water line to the bottom of a vessel's hull.

An amount of liquid that is drunk in one swallow.

She took a deep draught from the bottle of water.

* 1851 ,

*:“Drink and pass!” he cried, handing the heavy charged flagon to the nearest seaman. “The crew alone now drink. Round with it, round! Short draughts —long swallows, men; ’tis hot as Satan’s hoof.

The act of drawing in a net for fish.

* 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Luke V:

he sayde vnto Simon: Cary vs into the depe, and lett slippe thy nett to make a draught .

* Sir M. Hale

Upon the draught of a pond, not one fish was left.

(British) A game piece used in the game of draughts.

(Australia) A type of beer, brewed using a top-fermenting yeast; ale.

(UK, Ireland) Beer drawn from a cask or keg rather than a bottle or can.

(dated) A dose of medicine in liquid form.

* 1919 ,

Finally I gave him a draught , and he sank into uneasy slumber.

(medicine, obsolete) A mild vesicatory.

to apply draughts to the feet

The bevel given to the pattern for a casting, so that it can be drawn from the sand without damaging the mould.

(obsolete) A privy.

* 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Matthew XV:

Then sayde Jesus: are ye yett withoute understondinge? perceave ye not, that whatsoever goeth in at the mouth, descendeth doune into the bely, and ys cast out into the draught ?

* 1623 , William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens :

Rid me these Villaines from your companies; / Hang them, or stab them, drowne them in a draught , / Confound them by some course, and come to me, / Ile giue you Gold enough.

(obsolete) A drawing or picture.

* 1646 , Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica , V.22:

And therefore, for the whole process, and full representation, there must be more than one draught ; the one representing him in station, the other in session, another in genuflexion.

(obsolete) A sudden attack or drawing upon an enemy.

* Spenser

drawing sudden draughts upon the enemy when he looketh not for you

(military) The act of selecting or detaching soldiers; a draft.

(military) The force drawn; a detachment; a draft.

Noun

(en noun)

Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.

* 1949 . Geneva Convention on Road Traffic

Every cycle shall be equipped with: [...] (b) an audible warning device consisting of a bell [...]

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A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.

*

His device is against Babylon, to destroy it.

*

He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.

* 1827 Hallam, Henry, , Harper

Their recent device of demanding benevolences.

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(rhetoric) A technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in the audience; a rhetorical device .

(senseid)(heraldry) A motto, emblem, or other mark used to distinguish the bearer from others. A device differs from a badge or cognizance primarily because as it is a personal distinction, and not a badge borne by members of the same house successively.

* 1736 . O'Callaghan, Edmund Bailey. The Documentary History of the State of New York .

The devices of these savages are the serpent, the Deer, and the Small Acorn.

(archaic) Power of devising; invention; contrivance.

* 1824 . Landor, Walter Savage "King Henry IV and Sir Arnold Savage" from Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men and Statesmen , page 44

Moreover I must have instruments of mine own device , weighty, and exceeding costly

* 1976 . The Eagles, "Hotel California"

And she said,

"We are all prisoners here,

Of our own device "

(legal) An image used in whole or in part as a trademark or service mark.

(printing) An image or logo denoting official or proprietary authority or provenience.

* 1943 United States Post Office Department. A Description of United States Postage Stamps / Issued by the Post Office Department from July 1, 1847, to April 1, 1945 [sic] , USGPO, Washington, p1:

Prior to the issuance of the first stamps, letters accepted by postmasters for dispatch were marked "Paid" by means of pen and ink or hand stamps of various designs. [...] To facilitate the handling of mail matter, some postmasters provided special stamps or devices for use on letters as evidence of the prepayment of postage.

(obsolete) A spectacle or show.

(Beaumont and Fletcher)

(obsolete) Opinion; decision.