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Drift :: Drift (n.) The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence, also, import or meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim..

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

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

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

Driftway :: Driftway (n.) A common way, road, or path, for driving cattle..

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

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..

Drift :: Drift (n.) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or tunnel.

Face :: Face (n.) The end or wall of the tunnel, drift, or excavation, at which work is progressing or was last done..

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

Drift :: Drift (n.) The distance through which a current flows in a given time.

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

Driftpiece :: Driftpiece (n.) An upright or curved piece of timber connecting the plank sheer with the gunwale; also, a scroll terminating a rail..

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

Univocal :: Univocal (n.) Having always the same drift or tenor; uniform; certain; regular.

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..

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..

Club :: Club (v. i.) To drift in a current with an anchor out.

Gallery :: Gallery (a.) A working drift or level.

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

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