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draught
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draught (US), draft
1. 
a. beer, wine, etc., stored in bulk, esp in a cask, as opposed to being bottled
b. (as modifier): draught beer
c. on draught drawn from a cask or keg
2. any one of the 12 flat thick discs used by each player in the game of draughts
3. the depth of a loaded vessel in the water, taken from the level of the waterline to the lowest point of the hull

draught [draft]
(civil engineering)

draft, Brit. draught
1. A current of air or gases, as an air current which flows through a flue, chimney, or heater; or a localized air current which results in more heat being withdrawn from a person’s skin than is normally dissipated.
2. A narrow, dressed border around the face of a stone, usually about the width of a chisel edge; also called a drafted margin or margin draft.


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Areas like the North East are likely to face a significant drop in the number of homes built CAPTION(S): FEELING THE DRAUGHT The slow-down in house building is being felt more keenly in the North East than in other parts of the country.
The banks are already feeling the draught, as late payment charges are cut from an overblown fee of pounds 25 and upwards to a paltry sum, as they see it, of pounds 12.
As sure as I'm sitting here feeling the draught in my odd socks.
 
 
 
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