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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..

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

Drift :: Drift (v. i.) to make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or ores; to follow a vein; to prospect.

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

Intent :: Intent (n.) The act of turning the mind toward an object; hence, a design; a purpose; intention; meaning; drift; aim..

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

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

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

Drove :: Drove (n.) A road for driving cattle; a driftway.

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

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

Torpedo :: Torpedo (n.) A quantity of explosives anchored in a channel, beneath the water, or set adrift in a current, and so arranged that they will be exploded when touched by a vessel, or when an electric circuit is closed by an operator on shore..

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

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

Driftwood :: Driftwood (n.) Fig.: Whatever is drifting or floating as on water.

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

Drift :: Drift (n.) The distance to which a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes..

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..

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..

Turn :: Turn (n.) A pit sunk in some part of a drift.

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