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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Drift :: Drift (n.) Anything driven at random.
Driftway :: Driftway (n.) Same as Drift, 11..
Drift :: Drift (n.) The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.
Univocal :: Univocal (n.) Having always the same drift or tenor; uniform; certain; regular.
Drifted :: Drifted (imp. & p. p.) of Drif.
Drive :: Drive (n.) In type founding and forging, an impression or matrix, formed by a punch drift..
Drift :: Drift (n.) The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.
Derelict :: Derelict (a.) Lost; adrift; hence, wanting; careless; neglectful; unfaithful..
Driftage :: Driftage (n.) Deviation from a ship's course due to leeway.
Preglacial :: Preglacial (a.) Prior to the glacial or drift period.
Spooney :: Spoondrift (n.) Spray blown from the tops waves during a gale at sea; also, snow driven in the wind at sea; -- written also spindrift..
Drift :: Drift (n.) The distance through which a current flows in a given time.
Gallery :: Gallery (a.) A working drift or level.
Drift :: Drift (n.) The place in a deep-waisted vessel where the sheer is raised and the rail is cut off, and usually terminated with a scroll, or driftpiece..
Drifty :: Drifty (a.) Full of drifts; tending to form drifts, as snow, and the like..
Drift :: Drift (v. t.) To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift..
Club :: Club (v. i.) To drift in a current with an anchor out.
Drift :: Drift (v. i.) To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps; as, snow or sand drifts..
Driftpin :: Driftpin (n.) A smooth drift. See Drift, n., 9..
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.
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