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Drift :: Drift (n.) A tool used in driving down compactly the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework..

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

Tenor :: Tenor (n.) That course of thought which holds on through a discourse; the general drift or course of thought; purport; intent; meaning; understanding.

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

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

Turn :: Turn (n.) A pit sunk in some part of a drift.

Heading :: Heading (n.) A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift..

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..

Drift :: Drift (n.) In South Africa, a ford in a river..

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

Driftwind :: Driftwind (n.) A driving wind; a wind that drives snow, sand, etc., into heaps..

Float :: Float (n.) To move quietly or gently on the water, as a raft; to drift along; to move or glide without effort or impulse on the surface of a fluid, or through the air..

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

Tone :: Tone (n.) Tenor; character; spirit; drift; as, the tone of his remarks was commendatory..

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..

Gurt :: Gurt (n.) A gutter or channel for water, hewn out of the bottom of a working 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..

Driftless :: Driftless (a.) Having no drift or direction; without aim; purposeless.

Drift :: Drift (v. t.) To drive into heaps; as, a current of wind drifts snow or sand..

Driftweed :: Driftweed (n.) Seaweed drifted to the shore by the wind.

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