Definition of driving

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Driving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Driv.

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Repellent :: Repellent (a.) Driving back; able or tending to repel.
Impaction :: Impaction (n.) The driving of one fragment of bone into another so that the fragments are not movable upon each other; as, impaction of the skull or of the hip..
Driving :: Driving (n.) The act of forcing or urging something along; the act of pressing or moving on furiously.
Appulsion :: Appulsion (n.) A driving or striking against; an appulse.
Counterbalance :: Counterbalance (n.) A mass of metal in one side of a driving wheel or fly wheel, to balance the weight of a crank pin, etc., on the opposite side of the wheel.
Boiler :: Boiler (n.) A strong metallic vessel, usually of wrought iron plates riveted together, or a composite structure variously formed, in which steam is generated for driving engines, or for heating, cooking, or other purposes..
Driftway :: Driftway (n.) A common way, road, or path, for driving cattle..
Stave :: Stave (n.) To render impervious or solid by driving with a calking iron; as, to stave lead, or the joints of pipes into which lead has been run..
Repercussion :: Repercussion (n.) The act of driving back, or the state of being driven back; reflection; reverberation; as, the repercussion of sound..
Extrusion :: Extrusion (n.) The act of thrusting or pushing out; a driving out; expulsion.
Wreck :: Wreck (v. t.) To destroy, disable, or seriously damage, as a vessel, by driving it against the shore or on rocks, by causing it to become unseaworthy, to founder, or the like; to shipwreck..
Driving :: Driving (n.) Tendency; drift.
Round-up :: Round-up (n.) The act of collecting or gathering together scattered cattle by riding around them and driving them in.
Telodynamic :: Telodynamic (a.) Relating to a system for transmitting power to a distance by means of swiftly moving ropes or cables driving grooved pulleys of large diameter.
Drive :: Drive (n.) A place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared for driving.
Palification :: Palification (n.) The act or practice of driving piles or posts into the ground to make it firm.
Exorcism :: Exorcism (n.) The act of exorcising; the driving out of evil spirits from persons or places by conjuration; also, the form of conjuration used..
Driver :: Driver (n.) The driving wheel of a locomotive.
Stakehead :: Stake-driver (n.) The common American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus); -- so called because one of its notes resembles the sound made in driving a stake into the mud. Called also meadow hen, and Indian hen..
Drive :: Drive (n.) The act of driving; a trip or an excursion in a carriage, as for exercise or pleasure; -- distinguished from a ride taken on horseback..
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