Definition of drift

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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..

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Drumlin :: Drumlin (n.) A hill of compact, unstratified, glacial drift or till, usually elongate or oval, with the larger axis parallel to the former local glacial motion..
Driving :: Driving (n.) Tendency; drift.
Derelict :: Derelict (a.) Lost; adrift; hence, wanting; careless; neglectful; unfaithful..
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..
Driftbolt :: Driftbolt (n.) A bolt for driving out other bolts.
Drift :: Drift (n.) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or tunnel.
Driftway :: Driftway (n.) A common way, road, or path, for driving cattle..
Driftway :: Driftway (n.) Same as Drift, 11..
Drivebolt :: Drivebolt (n.) A drift; a tool for setting bolts home.
Driftage :: Driftage (n.) Anything that drifts.
Driftpin :: Driftpin (n.) A smooth drift. See Drift, n., 9..
Face :: Face (n.) The end or wall of the tunnel, drift, or excavation, at which work is progressing or was last done..
Crab :: Crab (v. i.) To drift sidewise or to leeward, as a vessel..
Tendency :: Tendency (n.) Direction or course toward any place, object, effect, or result; drift; causal or efficient influence to bring about an effect or result..
Drift :: Drift (n.) The distance through which a current flows in a given time.
Driftpiece :: Driftpiece (n.) An upright or curved piece of timber connecting the plank sheer with the gunwale; also, a scroll terminating a rail..
Driftage :: Driftage (n.) Deviation from a ship's course due to leeway.
Drift :: Drift (n.) Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting.
Jet :: "Jet (n.) Drift; scope; range, as of an argument..
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..
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