Definition of drift

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

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Driftway :: Driftway (n.) Same as Drift, 11..
Wall :: Wall (n.) The side of a level or drift.
Club :: Club (v. i.) To drift in a current with an anchor out.
Drove :: Drove (n.) A road for driving cattle; a driftway.
Drift :: Drift (n.) A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or through it; a broach..
Gurt :: Gurt (n.) A gutter or channel for water, hewn out of the bottom of a working drift..
Driftbolt :: Driftbolt (n.) A bolt for driving out other bolts.
Face :: Face (n.) The end or wall of the tunnel, drift, or excavation, at which work is progressing or was last done..
Glacialist :: Glacialist (n.) One who attributes the phenomena of the drift, in geology, to glaciers..
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..
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..
Drifted :: Drifted (imp. & p. p.) of Drif.
Driftweed :: Driftweed (n.) Seaweed drifted to the shore by the wind.
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..
Drift :: Drift (n.) Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting.
Drift :: Drift (n.) The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.
Preglacial :: Preglacial (a.) Prior to the glacial or drift period.
Drift :: Drift (n.) In South Africa, a ford in a river..
Drivebolt :: Drivebolt (n.) A drift; a tool for setting bolts home.
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