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Afloat :: Afloat (adv. & a.) Unfixed; moving without guide or control; adrift; as, our affairs are all afloat..

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

Derelict :: Derelict (a.) Lost; adrift; hence, wanting; careless; neglectful; unfaithful..

Adrift :: Adrift (adv. & a.) Floating at random; in a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves. Also fig.

Drift :: Drift (n.) A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to oblong projectiles..

Drift :: Drift (v. i.) To float or be driven along by, or as by, a current of water or air; as, the ship drifted astern; a raft drifted ashore; the balloon drifts slowly east..

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..

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

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.

Driftbolt :: Driftbolt (n.) A bolt for driving out other bolts.

Snowdrift :: Snowdrift (n.) A bank of drifted snow.

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

Driftway :: Driftway (n.) Same as Drift, 11..

Drift :: Drift (n.) The distance to which a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes..

Driftpiece :: Driftpiece (n.) An upright or curved piece of timber connecting the plank sheer with the gunwale; also, a scroll terminating a rail..

Leeway :: Leeway (n.) The lateral movement of a ship to the leeward of her course; drift.

Drift :: Drift (n.) Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting.

Drift :: Drift (n.) The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence, also, import or meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim..

Strang :: Strand (v. i.) To drift, or be driven, on shore to run aground; as, the ship stranded at high water..

Glacialist :: Glacialist (n.) One who attributes the phenomena of the drift, in geology, to glaciers..

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