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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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..
Derelict :: Derelict (a.) Lost; adrift; hence, wanting; careless; neglectful; unfaithful..
Drift :: Drift (n.) The difference between the size of a bolt and the hole into which it is driven, or between the circumference of a hoop and that of the mast on which it is to be driven..
Univocal :: Univocal (n.) Having always the same drift or tenor; uniform; certain; regular.
Drifty :: Drifty (a.) Full of drifts; tending to form drifts, as snow, and the like..
Driftpin :: Driftpin (n.) A smooth drift. See Drift, n., 9..
Afloat :: Afloat (adv. & a.) Unfixed; moving without guide or control; adrift; as, our affairs are all afloat..
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..
Gallery :: Gallery (a.) A working drift or level.
Face :: Face (n.) The end or wall of the tunnel, drift, or excavation, at which work is progressing or was last done..
Anchorless :: Anchorless (a.) Without an anchor or stay. Hence: Drifting; unsettled.
Drifted :: Drifted (imp. & p. p.) of Drif.
Leeway :: Leeway (n.) The lateral movement of a ship to the leeward of her course; drift.
Preglacial :: Preglacial (a.) Prior to the glacial or drift period.
Drift :: Drift (n.) The distance through which a current flows in a given time.
Driving :: Driving (n.) Tendency; drift.
Tide :: Tide (n.) To work into or out of a river or harbor by drifting with the tide and anchoring when it becomes adverse.
Driftwind :: Driftwind (n.) A driving wind; a wind that drives snow, sand, etc., into heaps..
Drift :: Drift (n.) The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting..
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