indraft

indraft
/in"draft', -drahft'/, n.
1. an inward flow or current, as of air or water.
2. Archaic. an instance of being drawn in; inward attraction.
Also, esp. Brit., indraught.
[1560-70; IN-1 + DRAFT]

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