draff
[draf]
- dregs, as in a brewing process; lees; refuse.
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Origin of draff
1175–1225; Middle English draf; cognate with Icelandic, Dutch draf; akin to Dutch drab (see drab2), German Treber draff
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Historical Examples
Draff, draf, n. dregs: the refuse of malt that has been brewed from.
This promontory seemed to serve as an appendix for the draff of the neighborhood's rubbish.
Sinister Street, vol. 2Compton Mackenzie
"Guid faith, it's a true sayin, 'The fat sow gets a' the draff,'" rejoined Janet.
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 3Henry Thomas Buckle
Tyrwhitt and Bell print drafty, explained by full of draff or refuse.
draff
- the residue of husks after fermentation of the grain used in brewing, used as a food for cattle
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Word Origin
C13: from Old Norse draf; related to Old High German trebir, Russian drob fragment; see drivel
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