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Definition of drift

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Drift (n.) The difference between the size of a bolt and the hole into which it is driven, or between the circumference of a hoop and that of the mast on which it is to be driven..

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Drift :: Drift (n.) A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., esp. by wind or water; as, a drift of snow, of ice, of sand, and the like..

Wall :: Wall (n.) The side of a level or drift.

Run :: Run (n.) The horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried, either by license of the proprietor of a mine or by the nature of the formation; also, the direction which a vein of ore or other substance takes..

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.) A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or through it; a broach..

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

Driftage :: Driftage (n.) Deviation from a ship's course due to leeway.

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..

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

Club :: Club (v. i.) To drift in a current with an anchor out.

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

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

Drift :: Drift (n.) Anything driven at random.

Gallery :: Gallery (a.) A working drift or level.

Driftwood :: Driftwood (n.) Wood drifted or floated by water.

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

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..

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

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