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Definition of drift

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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..

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Spooney :: Spoondrift (n.) Spray blown from the tops waves during a gale at sea; also, snow driven in the wind at sea; -- written also spindrift..

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 (v. t.) To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift..

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..

Run :: Run (n.) The horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried, either by license of the proprietor of a mine or by the nature of the formation; also, the direction which a vein of ore or other substance takes..

Leeway :: Leeway (n.) The lateral movement of a ship to the leeward of her course; drift.

Drift :: Drift (n.) Anything driven at random.

Drift :: Drift (v. i.) to make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or ores; to follow a vein; to prospect.

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

Driftwood :: Driftwood (n.) Fig.: Whatever is drifting or floating as on water.

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.) A driving; a violent movement.

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

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

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..

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

Drifty :: Drifty (a.) Full of drifts; tending to form drifts, as snow, and the like..

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