Definition of drift

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Drift (n.) The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.

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Preglacial :: Preglacial (a.) Prior to the glacial or drift period.
Wall :: Wall (n.) The side of a level or drift.
Broach :: Broach (n.) A straight tool with file teeth, made of steel, to be pressed through irregular holes in metal that cannot be dressed by revolving tools; a drift..
Tone :: Tone (n.) Tenor; character; spirit; drift; as, the tone of his remarks was commendatory..
Level :: Level (n.) A horizontal passage, drift, or adit, in a mine..
Drift :: Drift (n.) A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or through it; a broach..
Drift :: Drift (n.) Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting.
Leeway :: Leeway (n.) The lateral movement of a ship to the leeward of her course; drift.
Drift :: Drift (n.) That which is driven, forced, or urged along.
Drift :: Drift (n.) Anything driven at random.
Drift :: Drift (n.) A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds..
Drove :: Drove (n.) A road for driving cattle; a driftway.
Dune :: Dune (n.) A low hill of drifting sand usually formed on the coats, but often carried far inland by the prevailing winds..
Glacialist :: Glacialist (n.) One who attributes the phenomena of the drift, in geology, to glaciers..
Drift :: Drift (v. t.) To drive into heaps; as, a current of wind drifts snow or sand..
Driftway :: Driftway (n.) A common way, road, or path, for driving cattle..
Driftpiece :: Driftpiece (n.) An upright or curved piece of timber connecting the plank sheer with the gunwale; also, a scroll terminating a rail..
Turn :: Turn (n.) A pit sunk in some part of a drift.
Drift :: Drift (n.) The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.
Drift :: Drift (n.) A collection of loose earth and rocks, or boulders, which have been distributed over large portions of the earth's surface, especially in latitudes north of forty degrees, by the agency of ice..
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