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draff

[ draf ]

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noun

draff

/ dræf /

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

Origin of draff¹

1175–1225; Middle English draf; cognate with Icelandic, Dutch draf; akin to Dutch drab ( drab ² ), German Treber draff

Origin of draff¹

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

Tyrwhitt and Bell print drafty, explained by full of draff or refuse.

Draff, draf, n. dregs: the refuse of malt that has been brewed from.

They are the draff and offal of a bygone age, and we will not have them obtruded here.

"Guid faith, it's a true sayin, 'The fat sow gets a' the draff,'" rejoined Janet.

This promontory seemed to serve as an appendix for the draff of the neighborhood's rubbish.

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