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Sand :: Sand (v. t.) To bury (oysters) beneath drifting sand or mud.

Drift :: Drift (n.) The distance to which a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes..

Broach :: Broach (n.) A straight tool with file teeth, made of steel, to be pressed through irregular holes in metal that cannot be dressed by revolving tools; a drift..

Shrift :: Shrift (n.) Confession made to a priest, and the absolution consequent upon it..

Spendthrift :: Spendthrift (a.) Prodigal; extravagant; wasteful.

Rifting :: Rifting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rif.

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..

Drifting :: Drifting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Drif.

Thrifty :: Thrifty (superl.) Thriving by industry and frugality; prosperous in the acquisition of worldly goods; increasing in wealth; as, a thrifty farmer or mechanic..

Shiftless :: Shiftless (a.) Destitute of expedients, or not using successful expedients; characterized by failure, especially by failure to provide for one's own support, through negligence or incapacity; hence, lazy; improvident; thriftless; as, a shiftless fellow; shiftless management..

Unthriftihead :: Unthriftihead (n.) Alt. of Unthriftihoo.

Reft :: Reft (n.) A chink; a rift. See Rift.

Drive :: Drive (n.) In type founding and forging, an impression or matrix, formed by a punch drift..

Rifted :: Rifted (imp. & p. p.) of Rif.

Thrift :: Thrift (n.) One of several species of flowering plants of the genera Statice and Armeria.

Drift :: Drift (v. i.) to make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or ores; to follow a vein; to prospect.

Eschar :: Eschar (n.) In Ireland, one of the continuous mounds or ridges of gravelly and sandy drift which extend for many miles over the surface of the country. Similar ridges in Scotland are called kames or kams..

Drift :: Drift (n.) The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments.

Prodigal :: Prodigal (n.) One who expends money extravagantly, viciously, or without necessity; one that is profuse or lavish in any expenditure; a waster; a spendthrift..

Drift :: Drift (a.) That causes drifting or that is drifted; movable by wind or currents; as, drift currents; drift ice; drift mud..

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