draughts

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draughts - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Draughts \Draughts\, n. pl.
     A mild vesicatory. See Draught, n., 3
     (c) .
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  Draughts \Draughts\, n. pl.
     A game, now more commonly called checkers. See Checkers.
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     Note: Polish draughts is sometimes played with 40 pieces on
           a board divided into 100 squares. --Am. Cyc.
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  Checkers \Check"ers\ (ch[e^]k"[~e]rz), n. pl. [See Checher,
     v.]
     A game, called also draughts, played on a checkerboard by
     two persons, each having twelve men (counters or checkers)
     which are moved diagonally. The game is ended when either of
     the players has lost all his men, or can not move them.
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draughts - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  draughts
      n 1: a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12
           pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the
           opponent's pieces [syn: checkers, draughts]