Definition of drift

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

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Drift :: Drift (v. t.) To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body..
Drift :: Drift (n.) A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or through it; a broach..
Drift :: Drift (v. i.) To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps; as, snow or sand drifts..
Crab :: Crab (v. i.) To drift sidewise or to leeward, as a vessel..
Drive :: Drive (n.) In type founding and forging, an impression or matrix, formed by a punch drift..
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..
Driving :: Driving (n.) Tendency; drift.
Streamed :: Stream (n.) Current; drift; tendency; series of tending or moving causes; as, the stream of opinions or manners..
Driftweed :: Driftweed (n.) Seaweed drifted to the shore by the wind.
Driftbolt :: Driftbolt (n.) A bolt for driving out other bolts.
Drift :: Drift (n.) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or tunnel.
Drift :: Drift (n.) The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.
Driftpin :: Driftpin (n.) A smooth drift. See Drift, n., 9..
Level :: Level (n.) A horizontal passage, drift, or adit, in a mine..
Snowdrift :: Snowdrift (n.) A bank of drifted snow.
Gallery :: Gallery (a.) A working drift or level.
Turn :: Turn (n.) A pit sunk in some part of a drift.
Driftage :: Driftage (n.) Anything that drifts.
Drift :: Drift (n.) In South Africa, a ford in a river..
Drift :: Drift (n.) Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting.
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