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Definition of Draff
1. n. Refuse; lees; dregs; the wash given to swine or cows; hogwash; waste matter.
Definition of Draff
1. Noun. dregs; the wash given to swin or cows; hogwash or waste matter ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Draff
1. the damp remains of malt after brewing [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Draff
Literary usage of Draff
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1859)
"draff. AS., Du. drabbe, Dan. drav, Icel. draf, dregs, husks, ... Pr. Pm. draff,
chaff. Why shuld I sowen dra/ovi of my fist, Whan I may sowen whete, ..."
2. British Farmer's Magazine (1847)
"The ash left on burning the draff was found to consist of— Alkaline ... Tret draff.
7.60 0.90 2.11 48.00 41.51 0.25 5.81 4.94 In 1000 paru of dry draff. ..."
3. Natural History of New York by New York (State). Natural History Survey, James Ellsworth De Kay (1849)
"This ingredient of the food, therefore, is cheaper in the form of oil-cake than
in that of brewers' draff. d. Again, the quantity of ash left by the dry ..."
4. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"Capell, for what reason I know not, has changed the reading to draff \n his
edition, and does not notice this, which is the reading of the old quarto, ..."
5. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: To which is by John Jamieson (1880)
"Used metaph. in the same sense with draff, S. "The best regenerate have their
defilement«, and if I may speak во, their draff poet that will clog behind ..."
6. English Etymologyby George William Lemon by George William Lemon (1783)
"... furfur-us -, fer des ; dirt, draff: this laft word draff makes me think we
ought to write it ..."
7. Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern English and Foreign Sources by James Wood (1899)
"Is it less strange that thou shouldst live at all ? This is a miracle ; and that
no more. Yeung. Still swine eat all the draff. Pr. 6 Still the sight of too ..."
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