draff — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A byproduct from a brewery, a distillery, or both, often fed to pigs or cattle as part of their ration; often synonymous with distillers' grains, brewers' spent grains, or both (when not differentiated); usually differentiated from potale, at least in technical use, although broad, nontechnical use has often lumped all such byproducts together, especially in the past.

   Usage

   • Uncountable
   • usually

   Synonyms

   dregshogwashbrewers' spent grainsBSGdistillers' grains

   Examples

   Near-synonyms: brewers' spent grains, BSG, distillers' grains

   More examples (1)

   […] and thence ſprouteth that obſcene appellation of Sarding ſandes, with the draffe of the carterly Hoblobs thereabouts, concoct or diſgeaſt for a ſcripture, verity, when the right chriſtendome of it, is Cerdicke ſands, or Cerdick ſhore, […]

   A crowd immersed in ordure, that appear'd draff of the human body.

Noun

1. the residue of malt and grain which remains in the mash-kettle after the mashing and lautering process.

   Synonyms

   brewer's grainspent grain

   Broader terms

   residue