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

Univocal :: Univocal (n.) Having always the same drift or tenor; uniform; certain; regular.

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

Adrift :: Adrift (adv. & a.) Floating at random; in a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves. Also fig.

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

Level :: Level (n.) A horizontal passage, drift, or adit, in a mine..

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..

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..

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

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..

Driving :: Driving (n.) Tendency; drift.

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..

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

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..

Drift :: Drift (n.) The distance through which a current flows in a given time.

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

Driftpin :: Driftpin (n.) A smooth drift. See Drift, n., 9..

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..

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

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

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