Definition of drift

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Drift (n.) Anything driven at random.

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Drift :: Drift (n.) A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds..
Drifted :: Drifted (imp. & p. p.) of Drif.
Turn :: Turn (n.) A pit sunk in some part of a drift.
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..
Anchorless :: Anchorless (a.) Without an anchor or stay. Hence: Drifting; unsettled.
Heading :: Heading (n.) A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift..
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..
Driftwood :: Driftwood (n.) Wood drifted or floated by water.
Snowdrift :: Snowdrift (n.) A bank of drifted snow.
Driftway :: Driftway (n.) A common way, road, or path, for driving cattle..
Driftwood :: Driftwood (n.) Fig.: Whatever is drifting or floating as on water.
Drift :: Drift (n.) The difference between the size of a bolt and the hole into which it is driven, or between the circumference of a hoop and that of the mast on which it is to be driven..
Gallery :: Gallery (a.) A working drift or level.
Jet :: "Jet (n.) Drift; scope; range, as of an argument..
Drift :: Drift (n.) The distance to which a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes..
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..
Wall :: Wall (n.) The side of a level or drift.
Afloat :: Afloat (adv. & a.) Unfixed; moving without guide or control; adrift; as, our affairs are all afloat..
Drift :: Drift (n.) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or tunnel.
Driftless :: Driftless (a.) Having no drift or direction; without aim; purposeless.
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