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

Score :: Score (n.) To mark with parallel lines or scratches; as, the rocks of New England and the Western States were scored in the drift epoch..

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..

Drift :: Drift (n.) The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.

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

Streamed :: Stream (n.) Current; drift; tendency; series of tending or moving causes; as, the stream of opinions or manners..

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..

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

Dune :: Dune (n.) A low hill of drifting sand usually formed on the coats, but often carried far inland by the prevailing winds..

Drift :: Drift (n.) In South Africa, a ford in a river..

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

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.

Driftless :: Driftless (a.) Having no drift or direction; without aim; purposeless.

Driftbolt :: Driftbolt (n.) A bolt for driving out other bolts.

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 (a.) That causes drifting or that is drifted; movable by wind or currents; as, drift currents; drift ice; drift mud..

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

Driftage :: Driftage (n.) Anything that drifts.

Glacialist :: Glacialist (n.) One who attributes the phenomena of the drift, in geology, to glaciers..

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