2. To diminish or exhaust by drawing. [R.]

The Parliament so often draughted and drained.

Sir W. Scott.

3. To draw in outline; to make a draught, sketch, or plan of, as in architectural and mechanical drawing.

Draughting room, a room draughtsmen to work in, and where plans are kept.

Draught"board` (-brd`), n. A checkered board on which draughts are played. See Checkerboard.

Draught"house` (-hous`), n. A house for the reception of waste matter; a privy. [Obs.] 2 Kings x. 27.

Draughts (?), n. pl. A mild vesicatory. See Draught, n., 3 (c).

Draughts, n. pl. A game, now more commonly called checkers. See Checkers.

Polish draughts is sometimes played with 40 pieces on a board divided into 100 squares. Am. Cyc.

Draughts"man (?), n.; pl. Draughtsmen (&?;). 1. One who draws pleadings or other writings.

2. One who draws plans and sketches of machinery, structures, and places; also, more generally, one who makes drawings of any kind.

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