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Drive :: Drive (n.) In type founding and forging, an impression or matrix, formed by a punch drift..

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..

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

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

Drift :: Drift (n.) A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., esp. by wind or water; as, a drift of snow, of ice, of sand, and the like..

Drift :: Drift (n.) The place in a deep-waisted vessel where the sheer is raised and the rail is cut off, and usually terminated with a scroll, or driftpiece..

Drift :: Drift (n.) Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting.

Drift :: Drift (v. i.) To float or be driven along by, or as by, a current of water or air; as, the ship drifted astern; a raft drifted ashore; the balloon drifts slowly east..

Wall :: Wall (n.) The side of a level or drift.

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

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

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

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..

Tide :: Tide (n.) To work into or out of a river or harbor by drifting with the tide and anchoring when it becomes adverse.

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

Face :: Face (n.) The end or wall of the tunnel, drift, or excavation, at which work is progressing or was last done..

Drift :: Drift (n.) The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.

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

Drivebolt :: Drivebolt (n.) A drift; a tool for setting bolts home.

Drift :: Drift (n.) That which is driven, forced, or urged along.

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