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Drift :: Drift (n.) That which is driven, forced, or urged along.

Drift :: Drift (n.) The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.

Drift :: Drift (n.) A tool used in driving down compactly the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework..

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

Drove :: Drove (n.) A road for driving cattle; a driftway.

Drift :: Drift (n.) The place in a deep-waisted vessel where the sheer is raised and the rail is cut off, and usually terminated with a scroll, or driftpiece..

Driftage :: Driftage (n.) Deviation from a ship's course due to leeway.

Intent :: Intent (n.) The act of turning the mind toward an object; hence, a design; a purpose; intention; meaning; drift; aim..

Afloat :: Afloat (adv. & a.) Unfixed; moving without guide or control; adrift; as, our affairs are all afloat..

Driftbolt :: Driftbolt (n.) A bolt for driving out other bolts.

Adrift :: Adrift (adv. & a.) Floating at random; in a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves. Also fig.

Anchorless :: Anchorless (a.) Without an anchor or stay. Hence: Drifting; unsettled.

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 distance between the two blocks of a tackle.

Drift :: Drift (v. i.) To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps; as, snow or sand drifts..

Drift :: Drift (n.) In South Africa, a ford in a river..

Heading :: Heading (n.) A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift..

Driving :: Driving (n.) Tendency; drift.

Driftway :: Driftway (n.) Same as Drift, 11..

Drift :: Drift (n.) A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to oblong projectiles..

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