Dram drinking

Habitual drinking of drams of spirituous liquor. Dram'men, a seaport-town of Norway, consisting of net; as, a draught of fishes. A sink or drain; a sewer. An order for the payment of money; a bill of exchange. See DRAFT. - A current of air circulating through any inclosed place; as, to sit in a draught . - The rate of motion of the ascending current of heated air and other gases in a chimney. - Capacity of being drawn; as, a plough of easy draught . ( Mil .) A detachment. See DRAUGHT. (Naut.) The depth of water nece ary to float a ship, or the depth a ship sinks in the water, especially when laden; as, a twenty-two feet draught . ( Ship - building .) The drawing or design by which a ship is built, which is generally by a scale of one-fourth of an inch to a foot. pl. (Games.) A game played on a checkered board. See CHECKERS. ( Med .) A liquid form of medicine intended to be taken at once, or at a draught; whence its name. (Masonry.) A part of the surface of the stone, hewn to the breadth of the chisel on the margin of the stone according to the curved or straight line to which the surface is to be brought. When the draughts are framed round the different sides of the stone, the intermediate part is wrought to the surface by applying a straight edge or templet.