Definition of drift

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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.

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Driftway :: Driftway (n.) A common way, road, or path, for driving cattle..
Drift :: Drift (n.) A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to oblong projectiles..
Tunnel :: Tunnel (n. .) A level passage driven across the measures, or at right angles to veins which it is desired to reach; -- distinguished from the drift, or gangway, which is led along the vein when reached by the tunnel..
Drift :: Drift (v. t.) To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift..
Derelict :: Derelict (a.) Lost; adrift; hence, wanting; careless; neglectful; unfaithful..
Drift :: Drift (n.) Anything driven at random.
Sand :: Sand (v. t.) To bury (oysters) beneath drifting sand or mud.
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..
Drove :: Drove (n.) A road for driving cattle; a driftway.
Tendency :: Tendency (n.) Direction or course toward any place, object, effect, or result; drift; causal or efficient influence to bring about an effect or result..
Gurt :: Gurt (n.) A gutter or channel for water, hewn out of the bottom of a working drift..
Glacialist :: Glacialist (n.) One who attributes the phenomena of the drift, in geology, to glaciers..
Dune :: Dune (n.) A low hill of drifting sand usually formed on the coats, but often carried far inland by the prevailing winds..
Anchorless :: Anchorless (a.) Without an anchor or stay. Hence: Drifting; unsettled.
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..
Drifting :: Drifting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Drif.
Heading :: Heading (n.) A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift..
Gallery :: Gallery (a.) A working drift or level.
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..
Driftpin :: Driftpin (n.) A smooth drift. See Drift, n., 9..
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