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A mild vesicatory See Draught n 3 c...
Draft, or draught
Draft, or draught, a bill drawn by one person upon another for a sum of money; an order in writing to pay money; also a sketch or suggested form of a legal or any document, etc., to be settled previously to engrossment. Drafts are the property of the client, in business within the Solicitors Remuneration Order, 1882 (see SOLICITOR), by r. 3 of that Order. See CHEQUE....
Draughty
Pertaining to a draught or current of air as a draughtly comfortless room...
Nip
A sip or small draught esp a draught of intoxicating liquor a dram...
Potion
A draught a dose usually a draught or dose of a liquid medicine...
Dog
Dog. Draught.--The (English) Protection of Animals Act, 1911, s. 9, and the (English) Protection of Animals (Scotland) Act, 1912, s. 8, prohibit, under a penalty, the use of any dog in England or Scotland for the purpose of draught.Licenses.--Dog licenses are regulated by the (English) Dog Licenses Act, 1867 (30 Vict. c. 5), as amended by 32 & 33 Vict. c. 14, s. 38, 41 Vict. C. 15, ss. 17-23, and 42 & 43 Vict. c. 21, s. 26. They commence on the day of grant, and terminate on the 31st of December following; but procuring a license on the day of a conviction will not avoid the penalty up to 5l. under s. 8 of the Act of 1867, Campbell v. Strangways, (1877) 3 CPD 105. The present duty is 7s. 6d., to which it was raised from 5s. by the (English) Customs and Inland Revenue Act, 1878 (41 & 42 Vict. c. 15), and this s. is amended by s. 5 of the (English) Dogs Act, 1906. See Johnson v. Wilson, (1909) 2 KB 497. No duty is payable for dogs under six months old (Act of 1867, s. 10), or hound whelp...
Carouse
A large draught of liquor...
Checkerboard
A board with sixty four squares of alternate color used for playing checkers chess or draughts...
Checkers
A game called also draughts played on a checkerboard by two persons each having twelve men counters or checkers which are moved diagonally The game is ended when either of the players has lost all his men or can not move them...
Circean
Having the characteristics of Circe daughter of Sol and Perseis a mythological enchantress who first charmed her victims and then changed them to the forms of beasts pleasing but noxious as a Circean draught...
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