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

Preglacial :: Preglacial (a.) Prior to the glacial or drift period.

Tenor :: Tenor (n.) That course of thought which holds on through a discourse; the general drift or course of thought; purport; intent; meaning; understanding.

Adit :: Adit (n.) An entrance or passage. Specifically: The nearly horizontal opening by which a mine is entered, or by which water and ores are carried away; -- called also drift and tunnel..

Boulder :: Boulder (n.) A mass of any rock, whether rounded or not, that has been transported by natural agencies from its native bed. See Drift..

Drift :: Drift (n.) A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., esp. by wind or water; as, a drift of snow, of ice, of sand, and the like..

Scope :: Scope (n.) That at which one aims; the thing or end to which the mind directs its view; that which is purposed to be reached or accomplished; hence, ultimate design, aim, or purpose; intention; drift; object..

Drift :: Drift (n.) A collection of loose earth and rocks, or boulders, which have been distributed over large portions of the earth's surface, especially in latitudes north of forty degrees, by the agency of ice..

Drift :: Drift (v. t.) To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body..

Strang :: Strand (v. i.) To drift, or be driven, on shore to run aground; as, the ship stranded at high water..

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..

Glacialist :: Glacialist (n.) One who attributes the phenomena of the drift, in geology, to glaciers..

Turn :: Turn (n.) A pit sunk in some part of a drift.

Tone :: Tone (n.) Tenor; character; spirit; drift; as, the tone of his remarks was commendatory..

Drift :: Drift (n.) The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting..

Driftweed :: Driftweed (n.) Seaweed drifted to the shore by the wind.

Jet :: "Jet (n.) Drift; scope; range, as of an argument..

Drift :: Drift (n.) The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.

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

Driftwood :: Driftwood (n.) Wood drifted or floated by water.

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