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Derelict :: Derelict (a.) Lost; adrift; hence, wanting; careless; neglectful; unfaithful..

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..

Afloat :: Afloat (adv. & a.) Unfixed; moving without guide or control; adrift; as, our affairs are all afloat..

Gurt :: Gurt (n.) A gutter or channel for water, hewn out of the bottom of a working drift..

Crab :: Crab (v. i.) To drift sidewise or to leeward, as a vessel..

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

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

Drift :: Drift (n.) A tool used in driving down compactly the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework..

Driftway :: Driftway (n.) Same as Drift, 11..

Driftless :: Driftless (a.) Having no drift or direction; without aim; purposeless.

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

Tunnel :: Tunnel (n. .) A level passage driven across the measures, or at right angles to veins which it is desired to reach; -- distinguished from the drift, or gangway, which is led along the vein when reached by the tunnel..

Driftpiece :: Driftpiece (n.) An upright or curved piece of timber connecting the plank sheer with the gunwale; also, a scroll terminating a rail..

Gallery :: Gallery (a.) A working drift or level.

Driftbolt :: Driftbolt (n.) A bolt for driving out other bolts.

Drift :: Drift (a.) That causes drifting or that is drifted; movable by wind or currents; as, drift currents; drift ice; drift mud..

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

Drift :: Drift (n.) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or tunnel.

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

Drifted :: Drifted (imp. & p. p.) of Drif.

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