Definition of drift

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Drift (n.) Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting.

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Face :: Face (n.) The end or wall of the tunnel, drift, or excavation, at which work is progressing or was last done..
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..
Driftwood :: Driftwood (n.) Wood drifted or floated by water.
Univocal :: Univocal (n.) Having always the same drift or tenor; uniform; certain; regular.
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..
Strang :: Strand (v. i.) To drift, or be driven, on shore to run aground; as, the ship stranded at high water..
Driftbolt :: Driftbolt (n.) A bolt for driving out other bolts.
Drift :: Drift (n.) A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds..
Club :: Club (v. i.) To drift in a current with an anchor out.
Tendency :: Tendency (n.) Direction or course toward any place, object, effect, or result; drift; causal or efficient influence to bring about an effect or result..
Driftwind :: Driftwind (n.) A driving wind; a wind that drives snow, sand, etc., into heaps..
Tide :: Tide (n.) To work into or out of a river or harbor by drifting with the tide and anchoring when it becomes adverse.
Driftpin :: Driftpin (n.) A smooth drift. See Drift, n., 9..
Drift :: Drift (n.) The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting..
Tone :: Tone (n.) Tenor; character; spirit; drift; as, the tone of his remarks was commendatory..
Gallery :: Gallery (a.) A working drift or level.
Drift :: Drift (n.) A driving; a violent movement.
Heading :: Heading (n.) A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift..
Drivebolt :: Drivebolt (n.) A drift; a tool for setting bolts home.
Score :: Score (n.) To mark with parallel lines or scratches; as, the rocks of New England and the Western States were scored in the drift epoch..
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