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Depth of a vessel below its waterline
The draft or draught of a ship is a determined depth of the vessel below the waterline, measured vertically to its hull's lowest—its propellers, or keel
Draft_(hull)
American basketball player (born 1999)
declared for the 2022 WNBA draft. Hull was selected with the sixth overall pick by the Indiana Fever in the 2022 WNBA draft, despite being projected as
Lexie_Hull
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up draft or draught in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Draft, the draft, or draught may refer to: Draft (hull), the distance from waterline to keel
Draft
American football player (born 2000)
selected by the Indianapolis Colts in the fifth round of the 2023 NFL draft. Hull was born on October 26, 2000, in Maple Grove, Minnesota. He attended
Evan_Hull
American football player (born 1987)
was selected by the St. Louis Rams in seventh round of the 2010 NFL draft. Hull grew up in Millheim, Pennsylvania, approximately 25 miles east of State
Josh_Hull_(American_football)
Type of sailboat
draft hull. Typically they are gaff rigged, though Bermuda rig is also used. Most are fitted with a centreboard, although some have a keel. The hull can
Catboat
Degree of heel or leaning of a waterborne vessel
Heeling (sailing) Capsizing Metacentric height Ship stability Ship motions Draft (hull) Kemp, Peter (1976). The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. Oxford
Angle_of_list
Watertight buoyant body of a ship or boat
limited this way. Planing hull: here, the planing hull form is configured to develop positive dynamic pressure so that its draft decreases with increasing
Hull_(watercraft)
Sailing vessel
rig of a 19th-century trading vessel and a modern triple keel, shallow draft hull. Drawing only 5.5 feet (1.7 m), she is highly maneuverable in shallow
Hawaiian_Chieftain
Distance from water to the highest point on a vessel or lowest point on a bridge span
the deepest part of the hull below the surface. However, air draft is expressed as a height (positive upward), while deep draft is expressed as a depth
Air_draft
Joe Nieuwendyk and Brett Hull have been elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame. 1986 draft pick Tom Quinlan was also drafted by baseball's Toronto Blue
List of Calgary Flames draft picks
List_of_Calgary_Flames_draft_picks
Canadian-American ice hockey player (born 1964)
1983 Entry Draft as teams remained unconvinced of his commitment to the game and his conditioning. NHL teams finally took notice of Hull following his
Brett_Hull
Watercraft with two parallel hulls of equal size
typically have less hull volume, smaller displacement, and shallower draft (draught) than monohulls of comparable length. The two hulls combined also often
Catamaran
American Civil War warship type
ironclads were designed with a keeled deep-draft hull, as opposed to the Union shallow-draft flat bottom hulls (also featured on the Confederate river ironclads
Casemate_ironclad
Process used to allocate certain players to sports teams
Conn Smythe trophies, was drafted 51st in the third round; Brett Hull, the fifth highest goal scorer of all time, was drafted 117th in the sixth round;
Draft_(sports)
American football player (born 1991)
After going undrafted in the 2015 NFL draft, Hull signed with the Miami Dolphins. On September 5, 2015, Hull was released from the team for final roster
Mike_Hull_(linebacker)
Housing estate in East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Parks, is a modern housing estate on the northern fringe of Kingston upon Hull, in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Through
Kingswood,_Kingston_upon_Hull
1984 North American ice hockey draft
Hall of Famers Brett Hull (117th overall), and Luc Robitaille (171st overall). The Montreal Canadiens, with their last pick, drafted Troy Crosby, the father
1984_NHL_entry_draft
2003 North American ice hockey draft
The 2003 NHL entry draft was the 41st draft for the National Hockey League. It was held at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee, on
2003_NHL_entry_draft
Strategic authority and combined authority in England
present the final draft order for the creation of the combined authority before Parliament, with East Yorkshire doing so in May 2024 and Hull in June. The
Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority
Hull_and_East_Yorkshire_Combined_Authority
Canadian football player, minor league hockey player (born 1969)
on an athletic scholarship. A graduate of Boise State University, Hull was drafted by the BC Lions but was traded to the Ottawa Rough Riders. He played
Bart_Hull
1999 North American ice hockey draft
the 2000 entry draft. St. Louis previously acquired this pick as compensation on July 3, 1998, after Dallas signed free agent Brett Hull. Edmonton acquired
1999_NHL_entry_draft
construction, 88 ft (26.8 m) in length, a 21 ft (6.4 m) beam and 8 ft (2.4 m) draft. Hull construction was of heavy and divided by four watertight bulkheads. Patton
USC&GS_Patton
1993 North American ice hockey draft
The 1993 NHL entry draft was the 31st draft for the National Hockey League. It took place on June 26, 1993, at the Colisée de Québec in Quebec City. Alexandre
1993_NHL_entry_draft
American basketball player
2012–13 Senior CLASS Award winner. After going undrafted in the 2013 NBA draft, Hulls signed his first professional contract with Energa Czarni of the Polish
Jordan_Hulls
Topics referred to by the same term
clustering framework. Shoal draught (or draft), of a boat with shallow draught which can pass over some shoals: see Draft (hull) Shoals (disambiguation) Shoal
Shoal_(disambiguation)
This is a list of draft picks by the Sacramento Kings of the NBA. In total, the Kings have had 514 draft picks. Jenner changed her name due to gender transition
Sacramento Kings draft history
Sacramento_Kings_draft_history
Ship configuration with submerged twin-hulls
A small-waterplane-area twin hull, better known by the acronym SWATH, is a catamaran design that minimizes hull cross section area at the sea's surface
Small-waterplane-area twin hull
Small-waterplane-area_twin_hull
American tall ship
Acme was a steel-hulled shipentine launched for Standard Oil in 1901 to carry kerosene between the Eastern US Coast and East Asia. The ship performed several
Acme_(shipentine)
American baseball player (born 1995)
Miami Marlins, and Chicago White Sox. Hill was drafted by the Tigers in the first round of the 2014 MLB draft. Hill grew up in Des Moines, Iowa with his mother
Derek_Hill_(baseball)
Sharp angle in boat hull cross-sections used for ease of construction
stability than the single-chine hull, with minimum draft and a large cargo capacity. These characteristics make the two-chine hull popular for punts, barges
Chine_(boating)
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
December 2012 to January 2018. Hull was born in Petrolia, Ontario, but grew up in Cambridge, Ontario. Hull was drafted in the first-round, 18th overall
Jody_Hull
88th annual meeting of NFL franchises to select newly eligible players
NFL draft was the 88th annual meeting of National Football League (NFL) franchises to select newly eligible players for the 2023 season. The draft was
2023_NFL_draft
US ultimatum to Japan leading into WWII
opposed by China and Britain and dropped. The Hull Note consists of two sections. The first section is a "Draft mutual declaration of policy" by stating these
Hull_note
professional National Basketball Association Draft selections of the Philadelphia 76ers, beginning in 1950. "2014 Draft Board | NBA.com". NBA.com. Archived from
Philadelphia 76ers draft history
Philadelphia_76ers_draft_history
Junior ice hockey league in Canada
the Shawinigan Cataractes, Saint John Sea Dogs, the Granby Prédateurs, the Hull Olympiques, Halifax Mooseheads, Rouyn-Noranda Huskies, Rimouski Océanic,
Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League
Quebec_Maritimes_Junior_Hockey_League
Specialized Scandinavian warship
graceful, long, narrow, and light, with a shallow-draft hull designed for speed. The ship's shallow draft allowed navigation in waters only one metre deep
Longship
American philosopher
Hull was partnered with Richard "Dick" Wellman, a Chicago school teacher, until Wellman's passing during the drafting of Science as Process. Hull initially
David_Hull_(philosopher)
1991 North American ice hockey draft
The 1991 NHL entry draft was the 29th draft for the National Hockey League. It was held on June 22 at the Memorial Auditorium in Buffalo, New York. A total
1991_NHL_entry_draft
American politician and diplomat (1871–1955)
Cordell Hull (October 2, 1871 – July 23, 1955) was an American politician and diplomat who served as the United States secretary of state for nearly twelve
Cordell_Hull
Confederate steamboat
The Georgiana was a brig-rigged, iron hulled, propeller steamer belonging to the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War. Reputedly intended
SS_Georgiana
American basketball player (born 1987)
successful college career at Auburn, she was drafted by the Mercury with the fifth overall pick of the 2009 WNBA draft, and was traded to the Sun in 2020. Bonner
DeWanna_Bonner
American football player (born 1945)
Trojans players taken in the first round of the 1968 NFL/AFL draft after his senior year. Hull started his football career at 14 years old on the bench,
Mike_Hull_(fullback)
Flat-bottomed boat
The nearly flat hull of a johnboat tends to ride over the waves rather than cut through them as a V-hull might; this shallow draft – only a few inches
Johnboat
Legal limit to which a ship may be loaded
or local rules apply. Load lines are indicated by special markings on the hull. The marking for the main load line, the summer load line, is called load
Load_line_(watercraft)
Nautical device
the length of the hull. They are typically fitted one on each side, low down on the side of the hull, so as not to increase the draft of the vessel. In
Bilge_keel
This is a list of NFL draft selections by the Indianapolis Colts. The first draft that the current incarnation of the Colts franchise participated in
Indianapolis Colts draft history
Indianapolis_Colts_draft_history
Prototype naval stealth vessel
pentamaran hull design and advanced carbon fiber composite construction. The multihull uses its width to gain stability. Its five slim hulls create virtually
M80_Stiletto
more than 100,000 ton, speed of at least 10 knots (20 km/h) and the draft (hull) all cumulate into a perfect setup for surfable waves to form. The problem
Tanker_surfing
2002 North American ice hockey draft
The 2002 NHL entry draft was the 40th draft for the National Hockey League. It was held on June 22 and 23, 2002, at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto. In
2002_NHL_entry_draft
2001 North American ice hockey draft
The 2001 NHL entry draft was the 39th draft for the National Hockey League. It was held on June 23 and 24, 2001, at the National Car Rental Center in Sunrise
2001_NHL_entry_draft
1998 North American ice hockey draft
The 1998 NHL entry draft was the 36th draft for the National Hockey League. It was held on June 27 at the Marine Midland Arena in Buffalo, New York. A
1998_NHL_entry_draft
Former team of the National Hockey League and World Hockey Association
The first major signing was Bobby Hull, with a record $1 million signing bonus. Already known as "the Golden Jet," Hull was hired by Hatskin for a full
Winnipeg_Jets_(1972–1996)
name may be misconstrued to mean the boat hull is flat, this is not generally the case and include various v-hull designs. However some flats boats designs
Flats_boat
2010 American football draft
2010 NFL draft was the 75th annual meeting of National Football League (NFL) franchises to select newly eligible football players. The 2010 draft took place
2010_NFL_draft
a list of San Francisco 49ers NFL draft selections. The first draft the 49ers participated in was the 1950 NFL draft, in which they made Leo Nomellini
San Francisco 49ers draft history
San_Francisco_49ers_draft_history
Sailboat class
design has a hull speed of 8.27 kn (15.32 km/h) and a PHRF handicap of 108 to 114 with the standard fin keel and 102 to 123 for the deep draft keel model
Beneteau_43
Sailboat class
ballast. The design has a hull speed of 7.09 kn (13.13 km/h). Catalina 320 Original model introduced in 1993. This version has a draft of 6.46 ft (1.97 m) with
Catalina_320
All-time, the Canucks have had 15 top-five draft picks but have never drafted first overall or won the draft lottery, although they did trade for the first
List of Vancouver Canucks draft picks
List_of_Vancouver_Canucks_draft_picks
Boat with a flat bottom
shallow draft, two-chined hull, which allows it to be used in shallow bodies of water, such as rivers, because it is less likely to ground. The flat hull also
Flat-bottomed_boat
Sailboat class
in 2015. The boat is a development of the Sun Odyssey 379 with the same hull design, with a wider drop-down swimming platform and a bowsprit added. The
Sun_Odyssey_389
Upper part of vehicle is visible, hull is not
warfare, to be hull down means that the upper part of a vessel or vehicle is visible, but the main, lower body (hull) is not; the term hull up means that
Hull_down
American football player (born 1952)
Michael Hull (born June 30, 1952) is a former linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted in the twelfth round of the 1974 NFL draft by
Tom_Hull_(American_football)
Ship or boat with more than one hull
hull, whereas a vessel with a single hull is a monohull. The most common multihulls are catamarans (with two hulls), and trimarans (with three hulls)
Multihull
1980s recreational keelboat
glassfibre hull has a transom-hung rudder. It has a draft of 3.80 ft (1.16 m) with the standard fin keel and 2.75 ft (0.84 m) with the optional shoal draft wing
Beneteau_First_235
American football player (1940–2020)
Harry William Hull Jr. (August 4, 1940 – May 3, 2020) was an American professional football defensive end who played in the American Football League (AFL)
Bill_Hull
US Navy occupational rating
Hull maintenance technician (abbreviated as HT) is a United States Navy occupational rating. Hull maintenance technicians plan, supervise, and perform
Hull_maintenance_technician
Superyacht
its interior was designed by Reymond Langton Design. The yacht has a steel hull and an aluminium superstructure. During construction, the vessel was referred
Bravo_Eugenia_(yacht)
Boat propelled partly or entirely by sails
yachting. A great number of sailboat-types may be distinguished by size, hull configuration, keel type, purpose, number and configuration of masts, and
Sailboat
of coal cargoes. The draft survey is performed by reading the ship's draft on the draft markings at six standard points on the hull: forward, midships and
Draft_survey
American yacht designer
The design combined Lawlor's hull-modeling experience with McManus' innovative ideas in her plumb-stem, deep-draft hull and improved rig. The 106-ton
Thomas_F._McManus
Small protected cruiser with a heavy main gun
229 feet 7 inches (69.98 m), a beam of 37 feet 1 inch (11.30 m), and a deep draft (hull) of 15 feet 4 inches (4.67 m). She displaced 1,693 long tons (1,720 t)
HNLMS_Sumatra_(1890)
Sailboat class
sets of spreaders and aluminum spars with stainless steel wire rigging. The hull has a raked stem, a reverse transom with a swimming platform, an internally
Sun_Odyssey_45
American architect
House (1911) (Praeger & Hull) Draft registration card for Charles Emil Praeger, architect. Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917–1918
Charles_Praeger
first entry draft in 1992. That year, the team also participated in the 1992 NHL expansion draft. Ottawa's draft picks at the 1992 NHL entry draft held on
List of Ottawa Senators draft picks
List_of_Ottawa_Senators_draft_picks
Stealth missile destroyer class of the US Navy
tumblehome hull form whose sides slope inward above the waterline, dramatically reducing RCS by returning much less energy than a conventional flare hull form
Zumwalt-class_destroyer
American football player (born 2001)
entered the 2024 NFL draft. Liufau was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the third round with the 87th overall selection in the 2024 NFL draft. Liufau is the
Marist_Liufau
Ship's weight
used to convert from mean draft in meters to displacement in tonnes (table in Spanish). Transport portal Naval architecture Hull (watercraft) Hydrodynamics
Displacement_(ship)
1996 North American ice hockey draft
The 1996 NHL entry draft was the 34th draft for the National Hockey League. It was held at the Kiel Center in St. Louis on June 22, 1996. It is considered
1996_NHL_entry_draft
Selection of American football players
The 2015 NFL draft was the 80th annual meeting of National Football League (NFL) franchises to select newly eligible football players. It took place in
2015_NFL_draft
Armored personnel carrier
by the United States Army and Royal Thai Army. Models with the double V-hull upgrade are known as the M1256 ICVV. The infantry carrier vehicle provides
Variants_of_the_Stryker
1980 North American ice hockey draft
The 1980 NHL entry draft was the 18th draft for the National Hockey League. It was held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal. This was the first time that
1980_NHL_entry_draft
Sailboat class
travelers, and it imparts a draft to the sail. The sail can be raised, lowered, sheeted, and reefed from the cockpit. The catboat hull has been modified. Maximum
Nonsuch_30
Sailboat class
and not ocean passages, the boat's hull is made from solid fiberglass, while the deck has a plywood core. The hull and other parts were built with molded
Catalina_27
Basketball player selection
The 2022 WNBA Draft, the WNBA's draft for the 2022 WNBA season, was held on April 11, 2022, in New York City and aired live on ESPN in the United States
2022_WNBA_draft
Player selection draft
The 1967 NHL expansion draft was held on June 6, 1967, in the ballroom of the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec. The draft took place to fill the
1967_NHL_expansion_draft
the draft of the ship. This design is an alternative to the double-hull tanker design, and is superior in terms of spill volume. Although double-hull design
Mid-deck_tanker
17th-century Swedish warship
shipping area in Stockholm harbor. The ship was salvaged with a largely intact hull in 1961 after spending 333 years on the seabed. She was housed in a temporary
Vasa_(ship)
1992 North American ice hockey draft
The 1992 NHL entry draft was the 30th draft for the National Hockey League. It was held on June 20 at the Montreal Forum in Montreal. A total of 264 players
1992_NHL_entry_draft
American football player (1982–2009)
selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the third round of the 2004 NFL draft. Cooper also played for the Minnesota Vikings, Pittsburgh Steelers, Seattle
Marquis_Cooper
Sailboat class
design has a hull speed of 8.32 kn (15.41 km/h) and a PHRF handicap of 93 to 132 for the standard keel model and 114 to 138 for the shoal draft model. In
Beneteau_423
1988 North American ice hockey draft
The 1988 NHL entry draft was the 26th draft for the National Hockey League. It was held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal. The last active player in the
1988_NHL_entry_draft
Righting of a sunken vessel using rotational leverage
mean draft of the ship after righting was c. 50 feet (15 meters). Righting of Oklahoma Following its capsizing and sinking in January 2012, the hull of
Parbuckle_salvage
English serial arsonist (born 1960)
December 1979, a fire broke out at the front of a house on Selby Street, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire. Inside were Edith Hastie and her sons Thomas (9)
Bruce_George_Peter_Lee
Canadian sternwheel steamboat
with approximately 60 tons of cargo, the draft increased to 2 feet 6 inches (0.76 m) The flat shallow draft hull was kept in shape by "hog chains" carried
Lytton_(sternwheeler)
1990 North American ice hockey draft
The 1990 NHL entry draft was the 28th draft for the National Hockey League. It was hosted by the Vancouver Canucks at BC Place in Vancouver on June 16
1990_NHL_entry_draft
1994 North American ice hockey draft
The 1994 NHL entry draft was the 32nd draft for the National Hockey League. It was held on June 28–29, 1994, at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford,
1994_NHL_entry_draft
1985 ice hockey draft
The 1985 NHL entry draft was the 23rd draft for the National Hockey League. It was the first draft outside Montreal. The event was held at the Metro Toronto
1985_NHL_entry_draft
1987 North American ice hockey draft
1987 NHL entry draft was the 25th draft for the National Hockey League. It was held at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, and was the first draft held in the United
1987_NHL_entry_draft
Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1974)
second round, 26th overall, of the 1992 NHL entry draft by the Tampa Bay Lightning. Bannister was drafted from the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds of the Ontario
Drew_Bannister
DRAFT HULL
DRAFT HULL
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
A Raft; Boat; The Ocean; Goddess Durga
Boy/Male
French, Greek, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Sikh, Tamil, Telugu
Raft; Heaven; The Saviour of All
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Raft; Heaven
Surname or Lastname
English
English : most probably a habitational name, either from a variant spelling of Wortley, or alternatively from places in Essex and Somerset called Warley, named in Old English with wær, wer ‘weir’ + lēah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’, or from Warley in the West Midlands, which is named with Old English weorf ‘draft oxen’ + lēah.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived on a croft to the north of the main settlement, from Middle English north ‘north’ + croft ‘enclosure’, ‘small enclosed field’, or a habitational name from a place named with these elements, as for example Northcroft in Cheshire. The dialect spelling craft seems to belong to southern and western counties.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Raft, Boat, Compelent person, The ocean
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a hill, from Middle English hull ‘hill’, a dialect form characteristic of southwestern England and the West Midlands. Compare Hiller.German (Hüller) : occupational name for a tailor, from an agent derivative of Middle High German hülle, hulle ‘cloak’.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Raft; Boat; A Competent Person; The Ocean
Surname or Lastname
English (Kent)
English (Kent) : probably a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place. There is a river Cray in Kent, named with Old Welsh crei ‘fresh’; craft may be Old English cræft ‘mill’.John Craycroft came to MD in 1666 from Lincolnshire, England.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Croft.Americanized spelling of Kraft.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a meek person, from Middle English daffte ‘mild’, ‘gentle’, ‘meek’ (Old English gedæfte). It was not until the 15th century, toward the end of the main period of surname formation in England, that the word came to mean ‘stupid’, ‘silly’.
Biblical
brother of craft, or of protection
Boy/Male
Hindu
Raft, Heaven
Surname or Lastname
English (Huntingdon)
English (Huntingdon) : unexplained. Probably a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place named with the Middle English personal name Hutch + craft ‘mill’ or croft ‘paddock’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by an arable enclosure, normally adjoining a house, Middle English croft. There are several places in England named with this word (Old English croft), and the surname may equally be a habitational name from any of them.Possibly an Americanized spelling of Kraft.
Boy/Male
Biblical
Brother of craft or of protection.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Raft, Heaven
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from either of two places called Worsley, in Lancashire and Worcestershire. The former, which appears to be the main source of the surname, is probably named from the genitive case of an Old English personal name of uncertain form (probably with a first element weorc ‘work’, ‘fortification’) + Old English lēah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’. The first element of the latter is probably from the genitive case of Old English weorf ‘draft cattle’ (a collective noun).
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
With a Fine Shape; Raft; Ocean
Boy/Male
Tamil
Raft, Boat, Compelent person, The ocean
DRAFT HULL
DRAFT HULL
Boy/Male
Indian
Panther
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Abigail, ABBIGALE means "father rejoices."
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Heroically Compassionate
Boy/Male
Biblical
A runner.
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Christian, English, German, Jamaican, Swedish
Little and Womanly; Form of Caroline; Little; Female Version of Charles; Carl; Joy; Beautiful Woman; Free Man
Girl/Female
Assamese, Hindu, Indian, Malayalam, Marathi
To Inspire
Female
Hebrew
(ש×ִפְרָה) Variant spelling of Hebrew Shiphrah, SHIFRA means "beauty, brightness." Compare with another form of Shifra.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Munikrishna | à®®à¯à®¨à¯€à®•à¯à®°à¯€à®·à®¨à®¾Â
Sage
Male
Egyptian
, shade.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Lord Krishna
DRAFT HULL
DRAFT HULL
DRAFT HULL
DRAFT HULL
DRAFT HULL
v. t.
To transport on a raft, or in the form of a raft; to make into a raft; as, to raft timber.
v. i.
to make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or ores; to follow a vein; to prospect.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Draft
v. i.
To float or be driven along by, or as by, a current of water or air; as, the ship drifted astern; a raft drifted ashore; the balloon drifts slowly east.
a.
That causes drifting or that is drifted; movable by wind or currents; as, drift currents; drift ice; drift mud.
n.
A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., esp. by wind or water; as, a drift of snow, of ice, of sand, and the like.
v. t.
To compose and write; as, to draft a memorial.
a.
Stupid; foolish; idiotic; also, delirious; insane; as, he has gone daft.
n.
To insert (a graft) in a branch or stem of another tree; to propagate by insertion in another stock; also, to insert a graft upon.
n.
Those engaged in any trade, taken collectively; a guild; as, the craft of ironmongers.
n.
See Draft, n., 7.
imp. & p. p.
of Draft
a.
Relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of air. Same as Draught.
n.
The act of selecting or detaching soldiers; a draft (see Draft, n., 2)
n.
A second draft or copy.
v. t.
To draft or draw anew.
v. t.
To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift.
n.
See Draft.
n.
A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit.
v. t.
To transfer by draft.