Difference between revisions of "Draught"

<p> DRAUGHT, n. Draft. from draw, drag. </p> 1. The act of drawing as a horse or ox fit for draught. 2. The quality of being drawn as a cart of plow of easy draught. 3. The drawing of liquor into the mouth and throat the act of drinking. 4. The quantity of liquor drank at once. 5. The act of delineating, or that which is delineated a representation by lines, as the figure of a house, a machine, a fort, &c., described on paper. 6. [[Representation]] by picture figure painted, or drawn by the pencil. 7. The act of drawing a net a sweeping for fish. 8. That which is taken by sweeping with a net as a draught of fishes. &nbsp;Luke 5 . 9. The drawing or bending of a bow the act of shooting with a bow and arrow. 10. The act of drawing men from a military band, army or post also, the forces drawn a detachment. See Draft, which is more generally used. 11. A sink or drain. &nbsp;Matthew 15 . 12. An order for the payment of money a bill of exchange. See Draft. 13. The depth of water necessary to float a ship, or the depth a ship sinks in water, especially when laden as a ship of twelve feet draught. 14. In England, a small allowance on weighable goods, made by the king to the importer, or by the seller to the buyer, to insure full weight. 15. A sudden attack or drawing on an enemy. Query. 16. A writing composed. 17. Draughts, a kind of game resembling chess. <p> DRAUGHT, To draw out to call forth. See Draft. </p>

<div> '''1: ἄγρα ''' (Strong'S #61 — Noun [[Feminine]] — agra — ag'-rah ) </div> <p> "a hunting, catching" (from ago, "to lead"), is used only in connection with fishing. In &nbsp;Luke 5:4 it signifies the act of catching fish; in ver. 9 it stands for the catch itself. </p> <div> '''2: ἀφεδρών ''' (Strong'S #856 — Noun Masculine — aphedron — af-ed-rone' ) </div> <p> "a latrine, a sink, drain," is found in &nbsp;Matthew 15:17; &nbsp;Mark 7:19 . </p>

<p> <strong> [[Draught]] </strong> (&nbsp; Matthew 15:17 , &nbsp; Mark 7:19 ) and <strong> DRAUGHT [[House]] </strong> (Amer. RV [Note: Revised Version.] ‘draught-house,’ &nbsp; 2 Kings 10:27 ) both signify a privy or closet, which in the [[Mishna]] is ‘water-house.’ Jehu, according to the last-cited passage, turned the temple of [[Baal]] in [[Samaria]] into public latrines. </p>

<p> '''''draft''''' ( ἀφεδρών , <i> '''''aphedrō̇n''''' </i> ; &nbsp;Matthew 15:17; &nbsp;Mark 7:19 ): "Closet," "sink" or "privy" (Rheims), literally, "place for sitting apart" (compare &nbsp;2 Kings 10:27 , "draught-house," and Mishna "water-house"). According to the Mishna, [[Jehu]] turned the temple of Baal in Samaria into public <i> latrines </i> , "waterhouses." Mark adds here (&nbsp;Mark 7:19 ) that by this saying Jesus cleansed all articles of food, i.e., declared them to be clean. </p>

<p> occurs in our version as a translation of ἀφεδρών (literally a place of sitting apart), a sink or privy (&nbsp;Matthew 15:17; &nbsp;Mark 7:19). </p>