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Draff

/dɹæf/

Dregs; the wash given to swine or cows; hogwash or waste matter.

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Dregs; the wash given to swine or cows; hogwash or waste matter.

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potalenoun	A liquid byproduct from a grain distillery, consisting of the liquid portion of draff after the spent grain is removed, plus washings from tuns (spent wash). Over time its disposition has varied: mostly as dumped waste, sometimes sold for part of the ration for pigs and cattle, when such a market is available.
pot alenoun	Alternative form of potale. [A liquid byproduct from a grain distillery, consisting of the liquid portion of draff after the spent grain is removed, plus washings from tuns (spent wash). Over time its disposition has varied: mostly as dumped waste, sometimes sold for part of the ration for pigs and cattle, when such a market is available.]
grainnoun	(uncountable) The harvested seeds of various grass food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley.
stillagenoun	(uncountable) The residue from the manufacture of alcohol from grain; typically used in animal feed
pollardnoun	A surname transferred from the nickname.
dredgenoun	The act of dredging.
brannoun	The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain.
roughagenoun	(nutrition) Substances, generally of plant origin, consisting mostly of complex carbohydrates which are undigested when eaten by humans, and which therefore help the passage of food and waste through the alimentary tract; dietary fibre.
grainernoun	One who grains (paints in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc).
shipstuffnoun	(archaic) A mixture of the products other than flour obtained from the milling of the wheatberry.
padarnoun	(obsolete) groats; coarse flour or meal
strawnoun	(countable) A dried stalk of a cereal plant.
grainsnoun	Pigeons' dung used in tanning. See grainer.
crapnoun	(slang, mildly vulgar, uncountable) Something worthless or of poor quality; junk.
subgrainnoun	A distinct part of a grain
tailingnoun	The act of following someone.
mashwortnoun	(brewing) wort that is not separated from the grains
scratchnoun	A disruption, mark or shallow cut on a surface made by scratching.
ruffagenoun	Archaic spelling of roughage. [Originally (archaic), garbage, rubbish, or waste; later (agriculture) the portions of a crop which are discarded, such as husks, stalks, etc.; also, agricultural waste such as weeds.]
chaffnoun	The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant.