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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Gallery :: Gallery (a.) A working drift or level.
Drivebolt :: Drivebolt (n.) A drift; a tool for setting bolts home.
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..
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..
Drift :: Drift (n.) A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds..
Drift :: Drift (n.) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or tunnel.
Driftwood :: Driftwood (n.) Wood drifted or floated by water.
Club :: Club (v. i.) To drift in a current with an anchor out.
Gurt :: Gurt (n.) A gutter or channel for water, hewn out of the bottom of a working drift..
Driftway :: Driftway (n.) Same as Drift, 11..
Drift :: Drift (v. i.) To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps; as, snow or sand drifts..
Driftpin :: Driftpin (n.) A smooth drift. See Drift, n., 9..
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..
Drift :: Drift (n.) The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.
Driftwind :: Driftwind (n.) A driving wind; a wind that drives snow, sand, etc., into heaps..
Wall :: Wall (n.) The side of a level or drift.
Drift :: Drift (n.) Anything driven at random.
Intent :: Intent (n.) The act of turning the mind toward an object; hence, a design; a purpose; intention; meaning; drift; aim..
Drift :: Drift (n.) The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting..
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