Draughting

President has found it necessary to announce that if the 300,000 volunteers were not ready by the 15th of August immediate resort would be had to draughting from the militia. ❋ Unknown (1862)

As he wrote, he could look out through the one window in his broom closet of an office across a narrow alley to an Occidental office, where engineers bent over draughting tables as though it were business as usual and as if nothing had changed. ❋ Daniel Yergin (2008)

It must all come down and I must back to my draughting board. ❋ Young Geoffrion (2006)

"This way," and led them into what might once have been the dining room but now was a musty combination of draughting room, store room, and office, with water-stained wallpaper covering the upper half of the walls and battered wainscoting covering the lower half. ❋ George, Elizabeth (2001)

Reaction was not only discussed, but management spent hours on draughting the final division of the channels and schedules to be completed before July 2, he said. ❋ Unknown (1995)

We gave them specific training in mathematics, physics, chemistry, draughting, care and use of equipment and so forth. ❋ Unknown (1955)

Risler, continually engrossed in his press, sometimes remained at his draughting-table until midnight. ❋ Various (N/A)

Tom was standing by the big draughting table lettering a map, the surveyor was busy with some blueprints in the window, and Mr. Carson sat near by with a notebook in hand which he was searching industriously. ❋ Ruth Alberta Brown (N/A)

"I think it a valuable book to have near one in the draughting-room." ❋ Frank Chouteau Brown (N/A)

Often in those hours of mental struggle the door of the draughting-room would open gently and Claire Fromont would appear. ❋ Various (N/A)

Pittsburgh Pa., a set of draughting tools for a guitar. ❋ Various (N/A)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and they have caused its introduction into many draughting offices. ❋ Various (N/A)

With such a force Tarleton was detached to beat up Jefferson and the assembly at Charlottesville, where they were busy in voting taxes, making paper-money, draughting the militia, and recruiting for the ❋ Edward Farr (N/A)

In this room Bob also kept a small draughting board and his instruments. ❋ John Thomas Simpson (N/A)

What is this industrial haste which cuts so much of our corn while it is only in tassel, that drives square pegs into round holes, that harnesses trotting stock to heavy drays and draughting stock to gigs, that breaks up the violin to kindle a fire quickly, thoughtless of the music, that takes telescopes for drain pipes and gets commerce -- but not commerce with the stars? ❋ Allan Hoben (N/A)

He was bending over a draughting board, which was propped up on the bed during the day and went under it at night. ❋ Ellsworth Douglass (N/A)

In the hands of the topographers of the Geological Survey, the plane-table is not simply a portable draughting table for the field; it is practically an instrument of triangulation, and all minor positions of the details of topography are determined through its use by trigonometric construction. ❋ Various (N/A)

To train the hand as well as the head the boys receive instruction in carpentry and industrial draughting, and the girls have regular lessons in needlework, dress-making and kindred subjects. ❋ Various (N/A)

Yo [MC Ren] [want to] [go play] some draughts? ❋ AndrewStephenson26 (2020)

Michael: Yo so are you steady getting [poon]? Grant: Naw [man it] has been a [draught]. ❋ The Only G-Money (2010)

I'll have a [pint] of Carlton Draught [mate]! Or Pass us a [tinnie] of some Carlton Draught mate! ❋ The_Phantom1337 (2014)

Law/Com Fag: Let's go to [PA's]. Everyone else: Get fucked, it doesn't have [Carlton] [on tap]! ❋ Watto (2004)

I [boned] some slut last night and felt a bit of Back [Draught]. [Rooting] this bitch was like a sausage in a hallway. She was so loose. I also got Back Draught. ❋ Kayse (2007)

"What should we do with the rough draught?" "Give it to the [freshmen]." "This [PBR] is some rough draught. I'm [getting sick]!" "I am not expecting a good grade on the paper. Oh well. It was only a rough draught." ❋ Schoolbuzz (2010)

'a [pint] of super thanks!' 'check out that [bogan] over there, drinking [Swan] Draught' ❋ Lysdexiar31 (2008)

Person 1: - "No way I will even consider that! She's like a 12 on the [kg-scale] a total [bodybag]" Person 2: - "So if we go out tonight, where is she on the [draught beer scale]?" Person 1: - "Neva... She might be around 7 on DBS" Person 2: - "We should really revise our choice of words when talking about my sister" ❋ UT+Per7 (2014)

Man, [dat] draught e-mail [sure] [went down] well. ❋ Hercolena Oliver (2010)

When does the next series of [Doctor Who] start? Feels [like this] [who draught] is going on forever! ❋ Mantonythe1st (2017)