Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.
Luke v. 4.
He laid down his pipe, and cast his net, which brought him a very great draught.
L'Estrange.
(b) (Mil.) The force drawn; a detachment; -- in this sense usually written draft. (c) The quantity drawn in at once in drinking; a potion or potation.
Disguise thyself as thou wilt, still, Slavery, . . . still thou art a bitter draught.
Sterne.
Low lies that house where nut-brown draughts inspired.
Goldsmith.
(d) A sketch, outline, or representation, whether written, designed, or drawn; a delineation.
A draught of a Toleration Act was offered to the Parliament by a private member.
Macaulay.
No picture or draught of these things from the report of the eye.
South.
(e) (Com.) An order for the payment of money; -- in this sense almost always written draft. (f) A current of air moving through an inclosed place, as through a room or up a chimney. Thackeray.
He preferred to go and sit upon the stairs, in . . . a strong draught of air, until he was again sent for.
Dickens.
3. That which draws; as: (a) A team of oxen or horses. Blackstone. (b) A sink or drain; a privy. Shak. Matt. xv. 17. (c) pl. (Med.) A mild vesicatory; a sinapism; as, to apply draughts to the feet.