draff

[ draf ]

/ dræf /

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noun

dregs, as in a brewing process; lees; refuse.

Nearby words

dracula, count, dracunculiasis, dracunculus, dracut, draegerman, draff, draft, draft animal, draft beer, draft board, draft chair

Origin of draff

1175–1225; Middle English draf; cognate with Icelandic, Dutch draf; akin to Dutch drab (see drab²), German Treber draff

Related formsdraff·y, adjective

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Examples from the Web for draff

It may prove "nothing worth, mere chaff and draff much better burnt," but many friends have insisted they found it interesting.
The Thirteenth|James J. Walsh
Tyrwhitt and Bell print drafty, explained by full of draff or refuse.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 5 (of 7) -- Notes to the Canterbury Tales|Geoffrey Chaucer
They are the draff and offal of a bygone age, and we will not have them obtruded here.
History of Civilization in England, Vol. 3 of 3|Henry Thomas Buckle
In the result, Wallace's body was tossed over the wall into 'a draff midden,' presumably lifeless.
Sir William Wallace|A. F. Murison

Draff, draf, n. dregs: the refuse of malt that has been brewed from.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)|Various

British Dictionary definitions for draff

draff

/ (dræf) /

noun

the residue of husks after fermentation of the grain used in brewing, used as a food for cattle

Derived Formsdraffy, adjective

Word Origin for draff

C13: from Old Norse draf; related to Old High German trebir, Russian drob fragment; see drivel

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