Definition of drift

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

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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 (v. i.) To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps; as, snow or sand drifts..
Jet :: "Jet (n.) Drift; scope; range, as of an argument..
Crab :: Crab (v. i.) To drift sidewise or to leeward, as a vessel..
Driving :: Driving (n.) Tendency; drift.
Drift :: Drift (n.) In South Africa, a ford in a river..
Drift :: 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..
Gurt :: Gurt (n.) A gutter or channel for water, hewn out of the bottom of a working drift..
Drift :: Drift (n.) A driving; a violent movement.
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..
Dune :: Dune (n.) A low hill of drifting sand usually formed on the coats, but often carried far inland by the prevailing winds..
Gallery :: Gallery (a.) A working drift or level.
Driftbolt :: Driftbolt (n.) A bolt for driving out other bolts.
Drift :: Drift (v. t.) To drive into heaps; as, a current of wind drifts snow or sand..
Tide :: Tide (n.) To work into or out of a river or harbor by drifting with the tide and anchoring when it becomes adverse.
Derelict :: Derelict (a.) Lost; adrift; hence, wanting; careless; neglectful; unfaithful..
Drifty :: Drifty (a.) Full of drifts; tending to form drifts, as snow, and the like..
Afloat :: Afloat (adv. & a.) Unfixed; moving without guide or control; adrift; as, our affairs are all afloat..
Level :: Level (n.) A horizontal passage, drift, or adit, in a mine..
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..
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