Hypertext Webster Gateway: "draft"

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\, 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)

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)



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
``accepted'' 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}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

draft
n 1: a document ordering the payment of money; drawn by one
person or bank on another [syn: {bill of exchange}, {order
of payment}]
2: a current of air (usually coming into a room or vehicle)
[syn: {draught}, {air current}]
3: a preliminary sketch of a design or picture [syn: {rough
drawing}]
4: a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) [syn: {draught}, {potation},
{tipple}]
5: preliminary version of a written work [syn: {draft copy}]
6: the depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially
when loaded) [syn: {draught}]
7: a regulator for controlling the flow of air in a fireplace
8: a dose of liquid medicine; "he took a sleeping draft" [syn:
{draught}]
9: compulsory military service [syn: {conscription}, {muster},
{selective service}]
10: a large and hurried swallow; "he finished it at a single
gulp" [syn: {gulp}, {draught}, {swig}]
11: the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling [syn: {draught},
{drawing}]
v 1: draw up an outline or sketch for something; "draft a speech"
[syn: {rough}, {outline}]
2: engage somebody to enter the army [syn: {enlist}, {muster in}]
[ant: {discharge}]
3: make a blueprint of [syn: {blueprint}, {draught}]


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