Definition: draft

Source: WordNet (r) 1.7

draft
     n 1: a document ordering the payment of money; drawn by one
          person or bank on another [syn: bill of exchange, order
          of payment]
     2: a current of air (usually coming into a room or vehicle)
        [syn: draught, air current]
     3: a preliminary sketch of a design or picture [syn: rough
        drawing]
     4: a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) [syn: draught, potation,
         tipple]
     5: preliminary version of a written work [syn: draft copy]
     6: the depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially
        when loaded) [syn: draught]
     7: a regulator for controlling the flow of air in a fireplace
     8: a dose of liquid medicine; "he took a sleeping draft" [syn:
        draught]
     9: compulsory military service [syn: conscription, muster,
        selective service]
     10: a large and hurried swallow; "he finished it at a single
         gulp" [syn: gulp, draught, swig]
     11: the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling [syn: draught,
          drawing]
     v 1: draw up an outline or sketch for something; "draft a speech"
          [syn: rough, outline]
     2: engage somebody to enter the army [syn: enlist, muster in]
        [ant: discharge]
     3: make a blueprint of [syn: blueprint, draught]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Note \Note\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Noted; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Noting.] [F. noter, L. notare, fr. nota. See Note, n.]
   1. To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed; to
      attend to. --Pope.

            No more of that; I have noted it well. --Shak.

   2. To record in writing; to make a memorandum of.

            Every unguarded word . . . was noted down.
                                                  --Maccaulay.

   3. To charge, as with crime (with of or for before the thing
      charged); to brand. [Obs.]

            They were both noted of incontinency. --Dryden.

   4. To denote; to designate. --Johnson.

   5. To annotate. [R.] --W. H. Dixon.

   6. To set down in musical characters.

   To note a bill or draft, to record on the back of it a
      refusal of acceptance, as the ground of a protest, which
      is done officially by a notary.

Draft \Draft\, a.
   1. Pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling (as
      vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as Draught.

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

   Note: The forms draft and draught, in the senses above-given,
         are both on approved use.

   Draft box, Draft engine, Draft horse, Draft net,
   Draft ox, Draft tube. Same as Draught box, Draught
      engine, etc. See under Draught.

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.


   Note: In modern law, proposal and acceptance are the
         constituent elements into which all contracts are
         resolved.

   Acceptance of a bill of exchange, check, draft, or
   order, is an engagement to pay it according to the terms.
      This engagement is usually made by writing the word
      ``accepted'' across the face of the bill.

   Acceptance of goods, under the statute of frauds, is an
      intelligent acceptance by a party knowing the nature of
      the transaction.

   6. Meaning; acceptation. [Obs.]

   Acceptance of persons, partiality, favoritism. See under
      Accept.