Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DRAFF
DRAFF, n. [D. draf, droef, dregs, grains. Shakspeare wrote draugh, and the French have drague, grains. The latter coincides in elements with draw, drag.]
Refuse; lees; dregs; the wash given to swine, or grains to cows; waste matter. – Milton. Dryden.
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