Definition of drift

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Drift (n.) A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to oblong projectiles..

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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..
Driftage :: Driftage (n.) Anything that drifts.
Drift :: Drift (n.) The distance through which a current flows in a given time.
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.
Drift :: Drift (v. t.) To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift..
Drifty :: Drifty (a.) Full of drifts; tending to form drifts, as snow, and the like..
Driftpiece :: Driftpiece (n.) An upright or curved piece of timber connecting the plank sheer with the gunwale; also, a scroll terminating a rail..
Driftweed :: Driftweed (n.) Seaweed drifted to the shore by the wind.
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.) Anything driven at random.
Drift :: Drift (n.) A tool used in driving down compactly the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework..
Drift :: Drift (a.) That causes drifting or that is drifted; movable by wind or currents; as, drift currents; drift ice; drift mud..
Gallery :: Gallery (a.) A working drift or level.
Driftwind :: Driftwind (n.) A driving wind; a wind that drives snow, sand, etc., into heaps..
Glacialist :: Glacialist (n.) One who attributes the phenomena of the drift, in geology, to glaciers..
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..
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..
Drift :: Drift (n.) A driving; a violent movement.
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..
Afloat :: Afloat (adv. & a.) Unfixed; moving without guide or control; adrift; as, our affairs are all afloat..
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