Definition of drift

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

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Drift :: Drift (n.) That which is driven, forced, or urged along.
Drive :: Drive (n.) In type founding and forging, an impression or matrix, formed by a punch drift..
Drift :: Drift (n.) A driving; a violent movement.
Score :: Score (n.) To mark with parallel lines or scratches; as, the rocks of New England and the Western States were scored in the drift epoch..
Drift :: Drift (n.) The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting..
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..
Driftpiece :: Driftpiece (n.) An upright or curved piece of timber connecting the plank sheer with the gunwale; also, a scroll terminating a rail..
Wall :: Wall (n.) The side of a level or drift.
Adit :: Adit (n.) An entrance or passage. Specifically: The nearly horizontal opening by which a mine is entered, or by which water and ores are carried away; -- called also drift and tunnel..
Scope :: Scope (n.) That at which one aims; the thing or end to which the mind directs its view; that which is purposed to be reached or accomplished; hence, ultimate design, aim, or purpose; intention; drift; object..
Drove :: Drove (n.) A road for driving cattle; a driftway.
Drift :: Drift (n.) The distance through which a current flows in a given time.
Drift :: Drift (v. t.) To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift..
Driftwood :: Driftwood (n.) Fig.: Whatever is drifting or floating as on water.
Drift :: Drift (a.) That causes drifting or that is drifted; movable by wind or currents; as, drift currents; drift ice; drift mud..
Driftbolt :: Driftbolt (n.) A bolt for driving out other bolts.
Anchorless :: Anchorless (a.) Without an anchor or stay. Hence: Drifting; unsettled.
Drift :: Drift (n.) Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting.
Driftweed :: Driftweed (n.) Seaweed drifted to the shore by the wind.
Preglacial :: Preglacial (a.) Prior to the glacial or drift period.
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