draff

English

Etymology

From Middle English draf, likely from an unrecorded Old English *dræf, from Proto-Germanic *drabaz.

Noun

draff (usually uncountable, plural draffs)

  1. dregs; the wash given to swine or cows; hogwash or waste matter.
    • A crowd immersed in ordure, that appear'd draff of the human body. Dante's Divine comedy, Hell, Canto 18 .

Derived terms

References
  • Webster's New International Dictionary, Second Edition
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