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Broach :: Broach (n.) A straight tool with file teeth, made of steel, to be pressed through irregular holes in metal that cannot be dressed by revolving tools; a drift..

Strang :: Strand (v. i.) To drift, or be driven, on shore to run aground; as, the ship stranded at high water..

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

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

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

Drift :: Drift (n.) Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting.

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..

Drift :: Drift (v. t.) To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift..

Snowdrift :: Snowdrift (n.) A bank of drifted snow.

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

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

Drift :: Drift (n.) The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.

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

Drift :: Drift (n.) A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to oblong projectiles..

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..

Driftpin :: Driftpin (n.) A smooth drift. See Drift, n., 9..

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

Drift :: Drift (v. i.) To float or be driven along by, or as by, a current of water or air; as, the ship drifted astern; a raft drifted ashore; the balloon drifts slowly east..

Drift :: Drift (n.) The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.

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..

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