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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Wall :: Wall (n.) The side of a level or drift.
Glacialist :: Glacialist (n.) One who attributes the phenomena of the drift, in geology, to glaciers..
Jet :: "Jet (n.) Drift; scope; range, as of an argument..
Streamed :: Stream (n.) Current; drift; tendency; series of tending or moving causes; as, the stream of opinions or manners..
Drift :: Drift (n.) The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting..
Drift :: Drift (n.) A tool used in driving down compactly the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework..
Drift :: Drift (n.) The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.
Turn :: Turn (n.) A pit sunk in some part of a drift.
Driving :: Driving (n.) Tendency; drift.
Torpedo :: Torpedo (n.) A quantity of explosives anchored in a channel, beneath the water, or set adrift in a current, and so arranged that they will be exploded when touched by a vessel, or when an electric circuit is closed by an operator on shore..
Driftwind :: Driftwind (n.) A driving wind; a wind that drives snow, sand, etc., into heaps..
Club :: Club (v. i.) To drift in a current with an anchor out.
Sand :: Sand (v. t.) To bury (oysters) beneath drifting sand or mud.
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.
Driftless :: Driftless (a.) Having no drift or direction; without aim; purposeless.
Drift :: Drift (n.) A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to oblong projectiles..
Drift :: Drift (v. i.) To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps; as, snow or sand drifts..
Driftbolt :: Driftbolt (n.) A bolt for driving out other bolts.
Drift :: Drift (v. t.) To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body..
Drift :: Drift (n.) The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.
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