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draff

(dræf)
n
(Brewing) the residue of husks after fermentation of the grain used in brewing, used as a food for cattle
[C13: from Old Norse draf; related to Old High German trebir, Russian drob fragment; see drivel]
ˈdraffy adj
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Draff

 anything thrown away—Johnson, 1755; sweepings; refuse; lees; dregs, 1205.
Examples: draff of filthy errors, 1555; of stories, 1385.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
References in classic literature ?
``Holy Virgin!'' said Gurth, setting down the cup, ``what nectar these unbelieving dogs drink, while true Christians are fain to quaff ale as muddy and thick as the draff we give to hogs!
Alcoholic drinks company Diageo is using the spent grain, or "draff", from its distilling and brewing processes to create renewable energy, with on-site bio-energy facilities via anaerobic digestion and biomass burning.
Mining firms had strongly protested against proposed changes to the document in 2017 but the final draff of the new legislation that was passed in December excludes many of the most controversial aspects.
Tom Giblin, who helped draff the guideline changes and is an associate professor of physics and chair of the department.
United States, which argued for First Amendment protection for distribution of a Socialist leaflet criticizing the draff. Holmes discussed the marketplace of ideas.
Scotland's malt whisky industry creates around 750,000 tons of draff and 2 billion liters of pot ale.
It is produced from draff, sugar-rich kernels of barley used in the whisky making process, and pot ale, a yeasty liquid left over after the drink is distilled.
Start-up company Celtic Renewables set the wheels in motion for the world's first vehicle to be fuelled by kernels of barley called draff and pot ale, a yeasty liquid left over from fermentation.
Males who resist the draff, even in "peacetime," are subject to prosecution and imprisonment.
When the final draft of an Estimate landed on his desk--more precisely, when I walked into his office and handed it to him--Casey would take that draff, pick up a pen and a yellow legal pad, and go through it word by word.