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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Draf, Draff(e, n. Also: drafe, draif. [ME. draf, MDu. and Du. draf.] Draff.(a) a1500 Henr. Fab. 90.
I lufe fer better thing of les auaill, As draf. or corne c1500-c1512 Dunb. vi. 39.
Quhar drink and draff may ilka day Be cassyne super faciem meam 1536 Lynd. Answ. Flyting 55.
That feynd, … Caist doun the fat, quharthrow drink, draf. & iuggis Come rudely rinnand doun 1572 Inverness B. Rec. I. 211.
Quhilk horse hes inleakit and deit … in giffing of cauld draff and watter to him 1596 Misc. Spald. C. I. 91.
Thow promesit that all suld be weill, gewand thé hir draff for peyment 1618 Linlithgow Pal. 341.
ix bollis draff to the cart hors 1662 Soc. Ant. XXII. 231.
Janet Paton … came to his house and desired some draffe to her fowls 1680 Foulis Acc. Bk. 48.
To Tom Broune to pay draff and bran to the horse(b) a1568 Scott ii. 179.
Thair avairis fyld vp all the feild, Thay wer so fow and pang with drafe 1540 Lynd. Sat. (1602) 3529.
Cum doun, dastart, and gang sell draiff 1603 Rec. Old Aberd. I. 33.
That na darer draiff be sauld … nor four d. ilk pect

b. Attrib. with creill, middin, peck, poke, troch. a1500 Henr. Fab. 147.
Ane sow, to quhome men … In hir draf troch wald saw precious stanys c1475 Wall. ii. 257.
Thai kest him our … In a draff myddyn c1500-c1512 Dunb. vi. 37.
Corpus meum … I leif on to the toune of Air, In a draf mydding for euer and ay 1624 Edinb. Test. LII. 189 b.
Tua pair of draf creillis 1637 Rutherford Lett. (1671) 113.
The best regenerat have … their draff-poke that will clog behinde them all their dayes 1689 Brechin Test. VII. 211 b.
Ane old puncheon and two secks, … a draff peck