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

Drift :: Drift (v. t.) To drive into heaps; as, a current of wind drifts snow or sand..

Drift :: Drift (n.) A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds..

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

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

Driftway :: Driftway (n.) A common way, road, or path, for driving cattle..

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

Drift :: Drift (n.) The distance to which a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes..

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

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

Drifted :: Drifted (imp. & p. p.) of Drif.

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..

Drift :: Drift (v. i.) To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps; as, snow or sand drifts..

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

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

Afloat :: Afloat (adv. & a.) Unfixed; moving without guide or control; adrift; as, our affairs are all afloat..

Drifty :: Drifty (a.) Full of drifts; tending to form drifts, as snow, and the like..

Adit :: Adit (n.) An entrance or passage. Specifically: The nearly horizontal opening by which a mine is entered, or by which water and ores are carried away; -- called also drift and tunnel..

Turn :: Turn (n.) A pit sunk in some part of a drift.