Definition of drift

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Drift (n.) The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence, also, import or meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim..

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Drivebolt :: Drivebolt (n.) A drift; a tool for setting bolts home.
Driftway :: Driftway (n.) A common way, road, or path, for driving cattle..
Afloat :: Afloat (adv. & a.) Unfixed; moving without guide or control; adrift; as, our affairs are all afloat..
Strang :: Strand (v. i.) To drift, or be driven, on shore to run aground; as, the ship stranded at high water..
Leeway :: Leeway (n.) The lateral movement of a ship to the leeward of her course; drift.
Drift :: Drift (n.) Anything driven at random.
Adrift :: Adrift (adv. & a.) Floating at random; in a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves. Also fig.
Gurt :: Gurt (n.) A gutter or channel for water, hewn out of the bottom of a working drift..
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..
Drift :: Drift (n.) The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments.
Driftbolt :: Driftbolt (n.) A bolt for driving out other bolts.
Drive :: Drive (n.) In type founding and forging, an impression or matrix, formed by a punch drift..
Dune :: Dune (n.) A low hill of drifting sand usually formed on the coats, but often carried far inland by the prevailing winds..
Gallery :: Gallery (a.) A working drift or level.
Drove :: Drove (n.) A road for driving cattle; a driftway.
Drift :: Drift (n.) A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or through it; a broach..
Drift :: Drift (n.) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or tunnel.
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.) The distance to which a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes..
Wall :: Wall (n.) The side of a level or drift.
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