Vocabulary : Draper to Draught

Draper : One who sells cloths; a dealer in cloths; as, a draper and tailor.
Draperied : Covered or supplied with drapery.
Draperies : of Drapery
Drapery : The occupation of a draper; cloth-making, or dealing in cloth. ;; Cloth, or woolen stuffs in general. ;; A textile fabric used for decorative purposes, especially when hung loosely and in folds carefully disturbed; as: (a) Garments or vestments of this character worn upon the body, or shown in the representations of the human figure in art. (b) Hangings of a room or hall, or about a bed.
Drapet : Cloth.
Draping : of Drape
Drastic : Acting rapidly and violently; efficacious; powerful; -- opposed to bland; as, drastic purgatives. ;; A violent purgative. See Cathartic.
Drasty : Filthy; worthless.
Draugh : See Draft.
Draught : The act of drawing or pulling ;; The act of moving loads by drawing, as by beasts of burden, and the like. ;; The drawing of a bowstring. ;; Act of drawing a net; a sweeping the water for fish. ;; The act of drawing liquor into the mouth and throat; the act of drinking. ;; A sudden attack or drawing upon an enemy. ;; The act of selecting or detaching soldiers; a draft (see Draft, n., 2) ;; The act of drawing up, marking out, or delineating; representation. ;; That which is drawn ;; That which is taken by sweeping with a net. ;; The force drawn; a detachment; -- in this sense usually written draft. ;; The quantity drawn in at once in drinking; a potion or potation. ;; A sketch, outline, or representation, whether written, designed, or drawn; a delineation. ;; An order for the payment of money; -- in this sense almost always written draft. ;; A current of air moving through an inclosed place, as through a room or up a chimney. ;; That which draws ;; A team of oxen or horses. ;; A sink or drain; a privy. ;; A mi
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