Definition of drift

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

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Tone :: Tone (n.) Tenor; character; spirit; drift; as, the tone of his remarks was commendatory..
Drift :: Drift (n.) The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.
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..
Drift :: Drift (n.) A collection of loose earth and rocks, or boulders, which have been distributed over large portions of the earth's surface, especially in latitudes north of forty degrees, by the agency of ice..
Heading :: Heading (n.) A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift..
Driftweed :: Driftweed (n.) Seaweed drifted to the shore by the wind.
Strang :: Strand (v. i.) To drift, or be driven, on shore to run aground; as, the ship stranded at high water..
Drove :: Drove (n.) A road for driving cattle; a driftway.
Broach :: Broach (n.) A straight tool with file teeth, made of steel, to be pressed through irregular holes in metal that cannot be dressed by revolving tools; a drift..
Gallery :: Gallery (a.) A working drift or level.
Drift :: Drift (n.) A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to oblong projectiles..
Drift :: Drift (v. t.) To drive into heaps; as, a current of wind drifts snow or sand..
Derelict :: Derelict (a.) Lost; adrift; hence, wanting; careless; neglectful; unfaithful..
Snowdrift :: Snowdrift (n.) A bank of drifted snow.
Drift :: Drift (n.) The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting..
Sand :: Sand (v. t.) To bury (oysters) beneath drifting sand or mud.
Turn :: Turn (n.) A pit sunk in some part of a drift.
Drift :: Drift (v. t.) To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift..
Drift :: Drift (v. i.) To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps; as, snow or sand drifts..
Drift :: Drift (n.) A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds..
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