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• AUGHT; AUCHT
  Property; possession. Sir W. Scott.
• AUGHT
  Anything; any part. There failed not aught of any good thing which the Lord has spoken. Josh. xxi. 45 But go, my son, and see if aught be wanting. Addison.
• UPCAUGHT
  Seized or caught up. " She bears upcaught a mariner away." Cowper.
• SLAUGHTERHOUSE
  A house where beasts are butchered for the market.
• DISTRAUGHTED
  Distracted. Spenser.
• LAUGHTER
  A movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the lips, with a peculiar expression of the eyes, indicating merriment, satisfaction, or derision, and usually attended by a sonorous and interrupted expulsion of air from the lungs.
• ONSLAUGHT
  1. An attack; an onset; esp., a furious or murderous attack or assault. By storm and onslaught to proceed. Hudibras. 2. A bloody fray or battle. Jamieson.
• WAUCHT; WAUGHT
  A large draught of any liquid. Jamieson.
• BESTRAUGHT
  Out of one's senses; distracted; mad. Shak.
• DRAUGHTSMANSHIP
  The office, art, or work of a draughtsman.
• CAUGHT
  f Catch.
• FRAUGHTAGE
  Freight; loading; cargo. Shak.
• STRAUGHT
  imp. & p. p. of Stretch.
• STEPDAUGHTER
  A daughter of one's wife or husband by a former marriage.
• DAUGHTERLY
  Becoming a daughter; filial. Sir Thomas liked her natural and dear daughterly affection towards him. Cavendish.
• EXTRAUGHT
  Extracted; descended. Knowing whence thou art extraught Shak.
• DISTRAUGHT
  1. Torn asunder; separated. "His greedy throat . . . distraught." Spenser. 2. Distracted; perplexed. "Distraught twixt fear and pity." Spenser. As if thou wert distraught and mad with terror. Shak. To doubt betwixt our senses and our souls Which
• NAUGHTILY
  In a naughty manner; wickedly; perversely. Shak.
• MANSLAUGHTER
  The unlawful killing of a man, either in negligenc (more info) 1. The slaying of a human being; destruction of men. Milton.
• DRAUGHT
  The act of selecting or detaching soldiers; a draft (see Draft, n., 2) The act of drawing up, marking out, or delineating; representation. Dryden. 2. That which is drawn; as: That which is taken by sweeping with a net. Launch out into the deep,
• DRAUGHTSMAN
  1. One who draws pleadings or other writings. 2. One who draws plans and sketches of machinery, structures, and places; also, more generally, one who makes drawings of any kind. 3. A "man" or piece used in the game of draughts. 4. One who drinks
• SELF-SLAUGHTER
  Suicide. Shak.