单词：draff
hogwash; waste matter.
n. The act of drawing; also, the thing drawn. Same as Draught.
n. A selecting or detaching of soldiers from an army, or from
any part of it, or from a military post; also from any district, or any
company or collection of persons, or from the people at large; also,
the body of men thus drafted.
n. An order from one person or party to another, directing the
payment of money; a bill of exchange.
n. An allowance or deduction made from the gross veight of
goods.
n. A drawing of lines for a plan; a plan delineated, or drawn
in outline; a delineation. See Draught.
n. The form of any writing as first drawn up; the first rough
sketch of written composition, to be filled in, or completed. See
Draught.
n. A narrow border left on a finished stone, worked differently
from the rest of its face.
n. A narrow border worked to a plane surface along the edge of
a stone, or across its face, as a guide to the stone-cutter.
n. The slant given to the furrows in the dress of a millstone.
n. Depth of water necessary to float a ship. See Draught.
n. A current of air. Same as Draught.
draff的用法和样例：
例句
- The only function of time is throw away the draff because only ture excellent arts can be left.时光的唯一作用就在于它筛除了糟粕，因为只有真正优秀的文学作品才能存留下来。
经典引文
The brood of Belial, the draffe of men.
出自：fig.
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