Definition of drift

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Drift (n.) In South Africa, a ford in a river..

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Gallery :: Gallery (a.) A working drift or level.
Gurt :: Gurt (n.) A gutter or channel for water, hewn out of the bottom of a working drift..
Drumlin :: Drumlin (n.) A hill of compact, unstratified, glacial drift or till, usually elongate or oval, with the larger axis parallel to the former local glacial motion..
Drift :: Drift (n.) The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting..
Drift :: Drift (n.) A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds..
Drive :: Drive (n.) In type founding and forging, an impression or matrix, formed by a punch 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..
Drivebolt :: Drivebolt (n.) A drift; a tool for setting bolts home.
Drift :: Drift (v. t.) To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body..
Intent :: Intent (n.) The act of turning the mind toward an object; hence, a design; a purpose; intention; meaning; drift; aim..
Driftless :: Driftless (a.) Having no drift or direction; without aim; purposeless.
Univocal :: Univocal (n.) Having always the same drift or tenor; uniform; certain; regular.
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..
Tone :: Tone (n.) Tenor; character; spirit; drift; as, the tone of his remarks was commendatory..
Drift :: Drift (n.) Anything driven at random.
Float :: Float (n.) To move quietly or gently on the water, as a raft; to drift along; to move or glide without effort or impulse on the surface of a fluid, or through the air..
Driftpiece :: Driftpiece (n.) An upright or curved piece of timber connecting the plank sheer with the gunwale; also, a scroll terminating a rail..
Driftwood :: Driftwood (n.) Fig.: Whatever is drifting or floating as on water.
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..
Heading :: Heading (n.) A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift..
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