- draught-house
- draughtˈ-house noun (Bible, etc)A sink or privy• • •Main Entry: ↑draught
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Draught-house — (2 Kings 10:27). Jehu ordered the temple of Baal to be destroyed, and the place to be converted to the vile use of receiving offal or ordure. (Comp. Matt. 15:17.) … Easton's Bible Dictionary
draught — draught; draught·house; … English syllables
house — bath·house; char·ter·house; chop·house; cru·cet·house; dis·house; draught·house; house; house·break·er; house·clean; house·fast; house·ful; house·hold·er; house·hold·er·ship; house·hold·ing; house·hold·ry; house·keep; house·keep·er; house·less;… … English syllables
Draught — Draught, n. [The same as draft, the spelling with gh indicating an older pronunciation. See {Draft}, n., {Draw}.] 1. The act of drawing or pulling; as: (a) The act of moving loads by drawing, as by beasts of burden, and the like. [1913 Webster] A … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
draught excluder — draught ex.cluder n [U and C] BrE material that you put around the edge of windows and doors to stop cold air from coming into the house … Dictionary of contemporary English
House Energy Rating — A House Energy Rating is an index of energy efficiency for residential homes in Australia. The Australian Building Codes Board introduced energy efficiency measures for houses into the Building Code of Australia (BCA) on 1 January 2003. It has… … Wikipedia
draught — Synonyms and related words: CD, IOU, MO, abbreviation, abbreviature, abrege, abridgment, abstract, acceptance, acceptance bill, air current, arrangement, article, attraction, autograph, bag, bang, bank acceptance, bank check, beverage, bill, bill … Moby Thesaurus
Angle of draught — Draught Draught, n. [The same as draft, the spelling with gh indicating an older pronunciation. See {Draft}, n., {Draw}.] 1. The act of drawing or pulling; as: (a) The act of moving loads by drawing, as by beasts of burden, and the like. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Black draught — Draught Draught, n. [The same as draft, the spelling with gh indicating an older pronunciation. See {Draft}, n., {Draw}.] 1. The act of drawing or pulling; as: (a) The act of moving loads by drawing, as by beasts of burden, and the like. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Blast draught — Draught Draught, n. [The same as draft, the spelling with gh indicating an older pronunciation. See {Draft}, n., {Draw}.] 1. The act of drawing or pulling; as: (a) The act of moving loads by drawing, as by beasts of burden, and the like. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
