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Definition of drift

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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..

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

Driftless :: Driftless (a.) Having no drift or direction; without aim; purposeless.

Driftwood :: Driftwood (n.) Wood drifted or floated by water.

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

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

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

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..

Drift :: Drift (n.) A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., esp. by wind or water; as, a drift of snow, of ice, of sand, and the like..

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..

Driftwind :: Driftwind (n.) A driving wind; a wind that drives snow, sand, etc., into heaps..

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

Drivebolt :: Drivebolt (n.) A drift; a tool for setting bolts home.

Crab :: Crab (v. i.) To drift sidewise or to leeward, as a vessel..

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

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

Drift :: Drift (n.) A driving; a violent movement.

Heading :: Heading (n.) A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift..

Adrift :: Adrift (adv. & a.) Floating at random; in a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves. Also fig.

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

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