Definition of drift

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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.

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Drift :: Drift (v. t.) To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body..
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 (n.) A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to oblong projectiles..
Drift :: Drift (a.) That causes drifting or that is drifted; movable by wind or currents; as, drift currents; drift ice; drift mud..
Drift :: Drift (v. i.) To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps; as, snow or sand drifts..
Intent :: Intent (n.) The act of turning the mind toward an object; hence, a design; a purpose; intention; meaning; drift; aim..
Driftweed :: Driftweed (n.) Seaweed drifted to the shore by the wind.
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..
Drift :: 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..
Turn :: Turn (n.) A pit sunk in some part of a drift.
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..
Snowdrift :: Snowdrift (n.) A bank of drifted snow.
Drift :: Drift (n.) A tool used in driving down compactly the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework..
Drift :: Drift (n.) A collection of loose earth and rocks, or boulders, which have been distributed over large portions of the earth's surface, especially in latitudes north of forty degrees, by the agency of ice..
Anchorless :: Anchorless (a.) Without an anchor or stay. Hence: Drifting; unsettled.
Driftwood :: Driftwood (n.) Fig.: Whatever is drifting or floating as on water.
Drift :: Drift (n.) That which is driven, forced, or urged along.
Drift :: Drift (n.) The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence, also, import or meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim..
Univocal :: Univocal (n.) Having always the same drift or tenor; uniform; certain; regular.
Face :: Face (n.) The end or wall of the tunnel, drift, or excavation, at which work is progressing or was last done..
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