n. [ F. agrafe, formerly agraffe, OF. agrappe. See Agrappes. ] 1. A hook or clasp. [ 1913 Webster ]

The feather of an ostrich, fastened in her turban by an agraffe set with brilliants. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A hook, eyelet, or other device by which a piano wire is so held as to limit the vibration. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. sing. & pl. Any vehicle, such as an airplane, helicopter, balloon, etc., for floating in, or flying through, the air. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. 1. 1 a noncommissioned officer in the British Royal Air Force. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. designed for or used for defense against attack by aircraft; as, anti-aircraft cannon. [ PJC ]

adj. 1. 1 pretentiously artistic; cloyingly charming.
Syn. -- arty-crafty, artsy, arty. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. pretentiously artistic; cloyingly charming
Syn. -- artsy-craftsy [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Authorship; literary skill. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] A glass water bottle for the table or toilet; -- called also croft. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To ingraft by cleaving the stock and inserting a scion. Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ It. ] (Mus.) The double bassoon, an octave deeper than the bassoon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) A fissure or fracture on the side opposite to that which received the blow, or at some distance from it. Coxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The artifices, intrigues, and plottings, at courts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. cræft strength, skill, art, cunning; akin to OS., G., Sw., & Dan. kraft strength, D. kracht, Icel. kraptr; perh. originally, a drawing together, stretching, from the root of E. cramp. ] 1. Strength; might; secret power. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Art or skill; dexterity in particular manual employment; hence, the occupation or employment itself; manual art; a trade. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ye know that by this craft we have our wealth. Acts xix. 25. [ 1913 Webster ]

A poem is the work of the poet; poesy is his skill or craft of making. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Since the birth of time, throughout all ages and nations,
Has the craft of the smith been held in repute. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Those engaged in any trade, taken collectively; a guild; as, the craft of ironmongers. [ 1913 Webster ]

The control of trade passed from the merchant guilds to the new craft guilds. J. R. Green. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Cunning, art, or skill, in a bad sense, or applied to bad purposes; artifice; guile; skill or dexterity employed to effect purposes by deceit or shrewd devices. [ 1913 Webster ]

You have that crooked wisdom which is called craft. Hobbes. [ 1913 Webster ]

The chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death. Mark xiv. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Naut.) A vessel; vessels of any kind; -- generally used in a collective sense. [ 1913 Webster ]

The evolutions of the numerous tiny craft moving over the lake. Prof. Wilson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Small crafts, small vessels, as sloops, schooners, ets. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To play tricks; to practice artifice. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

You have crafted fair. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ See Crafty. ] With craft; artfully; cunningly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Dexterity in devising and effecting a purpose; cunning; artifice; stratagem. [ 1913 Webster ]

He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. Job. v. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without craft or cunning. [ 1913 Webster ]

Helpless, craftless, and innocent people. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Craftsmen One skilled in some trade or manual occupation; an artificer; a mechanic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The work of a craftsman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One skilled in his craft or trade; one of superior cunning. [ 1913 Webster ]

In cunning persuasion his craftsmaster. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ AS. cræftig. ] 1. Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous. [ Obs. ] “Crafty work.” Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Possessing dexterity; skilled; skillful. [ 1913 Webster ]

A noble crafty man of trees. Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Skillful at deceiving others; characterized by craft; cunning; wily. “A pair of crafty knaves.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

With anxious care and crafty wiles. J. Baillie.

Syn. -- Skillful; dexterous; cunning; artful; wily; sly; fraudulent; deceitful; subtle; shrewd. See Cunning. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Prodigals lately come from swine keeping, from eating draff and husks. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The draff and offal of a bygone age. Buckle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mere chaff and draff, much better burnt. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Worthless; draffy. Bale. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Dreggy; waste; worthless. [ 1913 Webster ]

The dregs and draffy part. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Everything available for draft burden. S. G. Goodrich. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Several of the States had supplied the deficiency by drafts to serve for the year. Marshall. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An order from one person or party to another, directing the payment of money; a bill of exchange. [ 1913 Webster ]

I thought it most prudent to defer the drafts till advice was received of the progress of the loan. A. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. An allowance or deduction made from the gross weight of goods. Simmonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A drawing of lines for a plan; a plan delineated, or drawn in outline; a delineation. See Draught. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. (Milling) The slant given to the furrows in the dress of a millstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. (Naut.) Depth of water necessary to float a ship. See Draught. [ 1913 Webster ]

10. A current of air. Same as Draught. [ 1913 Webster ]

11. A quantity of liquid poured out for drinking; a dose. [ PJC ]

12. The act of drawing a quantity of liquid from a large container; also, the quantity of liquid so drawn. [ PJC ]

13. A device for regulating the flow of gases in a chimney, stovepipe, fireplace, etc.; as, to close the chimney draft. It is usually a flat plate of the same internal dimensions as the flue, which can be rotated to be parallel to or perpendicular to the current of gases. [ PJC ]

a. 1. Pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling (as vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as Draught; as, a draft horse. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of air. Same as Draught. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The forms draft and draught, in the senses above-given, are both in approved use. [ 1913 Webster ]

Draft box,
Draft engine,
Draft horse,
Draft net,
Draft ox,
Draft tube. Same as Draught box, Draught engine, etc. See under Draught. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Drafted; p. pr. & vb. n. Drafting. ] 1. To draw the outline of; to delineate. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To compose and write; as, to draft a memorial. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To draw from a military band or post, or from any district, company, or society; to detach; to select; especially, to compulsorily select and induct members of a population to serve in the armed forces. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

HotLips Houlihan: How did a degenerate person like him achieve such a position of responsibility in the army? Radar: He was drafted. M*A*S*H (the movie)

Some royal seminary in Upper Egypt, from whence they drafted novices to supply their colleges and temples. Holwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To transfer by draft. [ 1913 Webster ]

All her rents been drafted to London. Fielding. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. writing a first version to be filled out and polished later. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. the craft of drawing blueprints.
Syn. -- mechanical drawing. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. a creation of artistic drawings.
Syn. -- drawing, draftsmanship. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. See Draughtsman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the creation of artistic drawings.
Syn. -- drawing, drafting. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines.
Syn. -- draftsman, draughtsman. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. not airtight; allowing in currents of air, especially uncomfortably cold air; -- of buildings.
Syn. -- draughty. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ See Ingraft. ] To graft; to fix deeply. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Ingraftment. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. See Ingraft. Shak.

{ } n. The act of ingrafting; ingraftment. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , a. [ Europe + Afric, African. ] 1. (Geog.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, the continents of Europe and Africa combined. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. (Zoögeography) Pert. to or designating a region including most of Europe and northern Africa south to the Sahara. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. Of European and African descent. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Pref. extra- + foliaceous. ] (Bot.) Away from the leaves, or inserted in a different place from them; as, extrafoliaceous prickles. Loudon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. extra- + L. foras out of doors. ] Pertaining to that which is out of doors. “Extraforaneous occupations.” Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. The type genus of the Giraffidae.
Syn. -- genus Giraffa. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. girafe, Sp. girafa, from Ar. zurāfa, zarāfa. ] (Zool.) An African ruminant (Giraffa camelopardalis formerly Camelopardalis giraffa) related to the deers and antelopes, but placed in a family (Giraffidae) by itself; the camelopard. It is the tallest of quadriped animals, being sometimes twenty feet from the hoofs to the top of the head. Its neck is very long, and its fore legs are much longer than its hind legs. There are three types, having different patterns of spots on the pelt and different territories: the Reticulated Giraffe, the Masai Giraffe, and the Uganda Giraffe. Intermediate crosses are also observed. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

prop. n. The natural family of mammals including the giraffes.
Syn. -- family Giraffidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ G. Cf. -grave. ] A German title of nobility, equivalent to earl in English, or count in French. See Earl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. grafe, greife, greive. Cf. Margrave. ] A steward; an overseer. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ A prince ] is nothing but a servant, overseer, or graff, and not the head, which is a title belonging only to Christ. John Knox. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. & v. See Graft. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Grave, n. ] The scarp of a ditch or moat. “To clean the graffages.” Miss Mitford. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Greffier. ] (Law.) a notary or scrivener. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ It., pl. of graffito scratched ] 1. Inscriptions, figure drawings, etc., found on the walls of ancient sepulchers or ruins, as in the Catacombs, or at Pompeii. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. any writings or drawings on a surface in a public place, placed there without authorization of the owner of the object on which it is written. Such graffiti are usually unwelcome, and are considered as form of vandalism. [ PJC ]

n. [ It., fr. graffio a scratching. ] 1. (Art) Production of decorative designs by scratching them through a surface of layer plaster, glazing, etc., revealing a different-colored ground; also, pottery or ware so decorated; -- chiefly used attributively. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. the singular form of graffiti, seldom used. [ PJC ]

n. [ OE. graff, F. greffe, originally the same word as OF. grafe pencil, L. graphium, Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to write; prob. akin to E. carve. So named from the resemblance of a scion or shoot to a pointed pencil. Cf. Graphic, Grammar. ] (a) A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit. (b) A branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot. (c) (Surg.) A portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty. [ 1913 Webster ]