Dra*co"ni*an (?), a. Pertaining to Draco, a famous lawgiver of Athens, 621 b. c.
Draconian code, or Draconian laws, a code of laws made by Draco. Their measures were so severe that they were said to be written in letters of blood; hence, any laws of excessive rigor.
Dra*con"ic (?), a. Relating to Draco, the Athenian lawgiver; or to the constellation Draco; or to dragon's blood.
Dra*co"nin (?), n. [Cf. F. draconine. See Draco.] (Chem.) A red resin forming the essential basis of dragon's blood; -- called also dracin.
Dra*con"tic (?), a. [From L. draco dragon, in allusion to the terms dragon's head and dragon's tail.] (Astron.) Belonging to that space of time in which the moon performs one revolution, from ascending node to ascending node. See Dragon's head, under Dragon. [Obs.] "Dracontic month." Crabb.
Dra*con"tine (?), a. [L. draco dragon.] Belonging to a dragon. Southey.
||Dra*cun"cu*lus (?), n.; pl. Dracunculi (#). [L., dim. of draco dragon.] (Zoöl.) (a) A fish; the dragonet. (b) The Guinea worm (Filaria medinensis).
Drad (?), p. p. & a. Dreaded. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Drad"de (?), imp. of Dread. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Dradge (?), n. (Min.) Inferior ore, separated from the better by cobbing. Raymond.
Draff (drf), 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.
Prodigals lately come from swine keeping, from eating draff and husks.
Shak.
The draff and offal of a bygone age.
Buckle.
Mere chaff and draff, much better burnt.
Tennyson.
Draff"ish, a. Worthless; draffy. Bale.
Draff"y (?), a. Dreggy; waste; worthless.
The dregs and draffy part.
Beau. & Fl.
Draft (drft), 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.
Everything available for draft burden.
S. G. Goodrich.
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.
Several of the States had supplied the deficiency by drafts to serve for the year.
Marshall.
3. An order from one person or party to another, directing the payment of money; a bill of exchange.
I thought it most prudent to defer the drafts till advice was received of the progress of the loan.
A. Hamilton.