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draught
English
Etymology
From Middle English draught, from Old English dreaht, *dræht (related to dragan (“to draw, drag”)), from Proto-Germanic *drahtuz, noun form of *dragan?; equivalent to draw +? -t.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /d???ft/
- Rhymes: -??ft
- (US) IPA(key): /d?æft/
- Rhymes: -æft
- Homophone: draft
Noun
draught (countable and uncountable, plural draughts)
- (British spelling) Alternative form of draft in its various senses.
- 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.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 36:
- “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.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 35:
- Finally I gave him a draught, and he sank into uneasy slumber.
- 1927-29, M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, translated 1940 by Mahadev Desai, Part I, Chapter iii:
- Much as I wish that I had not to write this chapter, I know that I shall have to swallow many such bitter draughts in the course of this narrative. And I cannot do otherwise, if I claim to be a worshipper of Truth. […]
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Luke V:
- (Britain) A checker: a game piece used in the game of draughts.
- (Australia) Ale: a type of beer brewed using top-fermenting yeast.
- (Britain, medicine, obsolete) A mild vesicatory.
- (obsolete) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
- 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?
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Matthew XV:
- (Britain, obsolete) Any picture or drawing.
- 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.
- 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, V.22:
- (Britain, obsolete) A sudden attack upon an enemy.
- drawing sudden draughts upon the enemy when he looketh not for you
Synonyms
- (outhouse): draught-house; see also Thesaurus:bathroom
- (game piece): checker (used in checkers)
Derived terms
Related terms
- draw
Translations
Verb
draught (third-person singular simple present draughts, present participle draughting, simple past and past participle draughted)
- (Britain) Alternative spelling of draft
References
- draught in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913..
Middle English
Alternative forms
- draucht, drauht, draght, draht
Etymology
From Old English dreaht, *dræht (related to dragan (“to draw, drag”)), from Proto-Germanic *drahtuz, equivalent to drawen +? -t.
Noun
draught (plural draughtes)
- draught
Descendants
- English: draught
- Scots: draucht
- Yola: draught
References
- “draught, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Yola
Alternative forms
- draft
Etymology
From Middle English draught, from Old English dreaht, *dræht (related to dragan (“to draw, drag”)), from Proto-Germanic *drahtuz
Noun
draught
- A drawing stroke with a weapon.
References
- Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN
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philter
English
Alternative forms
- philtre (British)
Etymology
From Middle French philtre, from Ancient Greek ??????? (phíltron), from ????? (philé?, “I love”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?f?lt?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?f?lt?/
- Rhymes: -?lt?(?)
- Homophone: filter
Noun
philter (plural philters)
- A kind of potion, charm, or drug; especially love potion intended to make the drinker fall in love with the giver. [from the 16th c.]
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:philter.
Translations
Verb
philter (third-person singular simple present philters, present participle philtering, simple past and past participle philtered)
- To impregnate or mix with a love potion.
- To charm to love; to excite to love or sexual desire by a potion.
- Government of the Tongue
- Let not those that have repudiated the more inviting sins, shew themselves philtred and bewitched.
- Government of the Tongue
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- philtre
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