Definition of rift

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Rift (n.) A shallow place in a stream; a ford.

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Heading :: Heading (n.) A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift..
Misthrive :: Misthrive (v. i.) To thrive poorly; to be not thrifty or prosperous.
Thrift :: Thrift (n.) Vigorous growth, as of a plant..
Float :: Float (n.) To move quietly or gently on the water, as a raft; to drift along; to move or glide without effort or impulse on the surface of a fluid, or through the air..
Drift :: Drift (v. t.) To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift..
Thriftily :: Thriftily (adv.) Carefully; properly; becomingly.
Plumbagineous :: Plumbagineous (a.) Pertaining to natural order (Plumbagineae) of gamopetalous herbs, of which Plumbago is the type. The order includes also the marsh rosemary, the thrift, and a few other genera..
Spendthrift :: Spendthrift (a.) Prodigal; extravagant; wasteful.
Rift :: Rift (v. t.) To cleave; to rive; to split; as, to rift an oak or a rock; to rift the clouds..
Preglacial :: Preglacial (a.) Prior to the glacial or drift period.
Driftwood :: Driftwood (n.) Wood drifted or floated by water.
Derelict :: Derelict (a.) Lost; adrift; hence, wanting; careless; neglectful; unfaithful..
Reft :: Reft (n.) A chink; a rift. See Rift.
Untrift :: Untrift (n.) An unthrifty.
Leeway :: Leeway (n.) The lateral movement of a ship to the leeward of her course; drift.
Anchorless :: Anchorless (a.) Without an anchor or stay. Hence: Drifting; unsettled.
Run :: Run (n.) The horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried, either by license of the proprietor of a mine or by the nature of the formation; also, the direction which a vein of ore or other substance takes..
Frugality :: Frugality (n.) The quality of being frugal; prudent economy; that careful management of anything valuable which expends nothing unnecessarily, and applies what is used to a profitable purpose; thrift; --- opposed to extravagance..
Drift :: Drift (n.) The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting..
Intent :: Intent (n.) The act of turning the mind toward an object; hence, a design; a purpose; intention; meaning; drift; aim..
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