Drȧff, n.

n. [D. draf, the sediment of ale; dræf, turbid, full of dregs; A-S. drof, draffy, dirty, filthy, allied to drabbe, dregs, lees; Gael. drabh, draff, the grains of malt. Cf. DRAB.] Refuse; lees; dregs; the wash given to swine, or grains to cows; waste matter.

Prodigals lately come from swine-feeding, from eating draff and husks. Shak.

Mere chaff and draff, much better burnt. Tennyson.