Definition of drift

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

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Anchorless :: Anchorless (a.) Without an anchor or stay. Hence: Drifting; unsettled.
Leeway :: Leeway (n.) The lateral movement of a ship to the leeward of her course; drift.
Driftwood :: Driftwood (n.) Wood drifted or floated by water.
Drift :: Drift (n.) That which is driven, forced, or urged along.
Drift :: Drift (n.) A tool used in driving down compactly the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework..
Univocal :: Univocal (n.) Having always the same drift or tenor; uniform; certain; regular.
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..
Glacialist :: Glacialist (n.) One who attributes the phenomena of the drift, in geology, to glaciers..
Drift :: Drift (n.) The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments.
Boulder :: Boulder (n.) A mass of any rock, whether rounded or not, that has been transported by natural agencies from its native bed. See Drift..
Eschar :: Eschar (n.) In Ireland, one of the continuous mounds or ridges of gravelly and sandy drift which extend for many miles over the surface of the country. Similar ridges in Scotland are called kames or kams..
Driftless :: Driftless (a.) Having no drift or direction; without aim; purposeless.
Drifty :: Drifty (a.) Full of drifts; tending to form drifts, as snow, and the like..
Driftweed :: Driftweed (n.) Seaweed drifted to the shore by the wind.
Drivebolt :: Drivebolt (n.) A drift; a tool for setting bolts home.
Dune :: Dune (n.) A low hill of drifting sand usually formed on the coats, but often carried far inland by the prevailing winds..
Drift :: Drift (n.) The distance through which a current flows in a given time.
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..
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..
Drifted :: Drifted (imp. & p. p.) of Drif.
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