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Definition of drift

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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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Preglacial :: Preglacial (a.) Prior to the glacial or drift period.

Drift :: Drift (v. i.) To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps; as, snow or sand drifts..

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.

Level :: Level (n.) A horizontal passage, drift, or adit, in a mine..

Drove :: Drove (n.) A road for driving cattle; a driftway.

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..

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

Drift :: Drift (v. t.) To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body..

Drift :: Drift (n.) The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments.

Sand :: Sand (v. t.) To bury (oysters) beneath drifting sand or mud.

Drift :: Drift (n.) The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting..

Driftage :: Driftage (n.) Anything that drifts.

Anchorless :: Anchorless (a.) Without an anchor or stay. Hence: Drifting; unsettled.

Drifting :: Drifting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Drif.

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

Streamed :: Stream (n.) Current; drift; tendency; series of tending or moving causes; as, the stream of opinions or manners..

Driving :: Driving (n.) Tendency; drift.

Driftwood :: Driftwood (n.) Fig.: Whatever is drifting or floating as on water.

Drift :: Drift (n.) That which is driven, forced, or urged along.

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