Definition of drift

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

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Driving :: Driving (n.) Tendency; drift.
Float :: Float (n.) To move quietly or gently on the water, as a raft; to drift along; to move or glide without effort or impulse on the surface of a fluid, or through the air..
Drift :: Drift (n.) The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.
Drift :: Drift (n.) A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds..
Tide :: Tide (n.) To work into or out of a river or harbor by drifting with the tide and anchoring when it becomes adverse.
Level :: Level (n.) A horizontal passage, drift, or adit, in a mine..
Strang :: Strand (v. i.) To drift, or be driven, on shore to run aground; as, the ship stranded at high water..
Drift :: Drift (n.) The distance through which a current flows in a given time.
Driftage :: Driftage (n.) Anything that drifts.
Driftweed :: Driftweed (n.) Seaweed drifted to the shore by the wind.
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.
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..
Tenor :: Tenor (n.) That course of thought which holds on through a discourse; the general drift or course of thought; purport; intent; meaning; understanding.
Drift :: Drift (n.) The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.
Face :: Face (n.) The end or wall of the tunnel, drift, or excavation, at which work is progressing or was last done..
Jet :: "Jet (n.) Drift; scope; range, as of an argument..
Drift :: Drift (n.) That which is driven, forced, or urged along.
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..
Anchorless :: Anchorless (a.) Without an anchor or stay. Hence: Drifting; unsettled.
Gurt :: Gurt (n.) A gutter or channel for water, hewn out of the bottom of a working drift..
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