Hypertext Webster Gateway: "drafting"
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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
drafting
n 1: writing a first version to be filled out and polished later
2: the craft of drawing blueprints [syn: {mechanical drawing}]
3: the creation of artistic drawings; "he learned drawing from
his father" [syn: {drawing}, {draftsmanship}]
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