| slovo | definícia |
drift
(encz) | drift,být nesen Zdeněk Brož |
drift
(encz) | drift,být poháněn Zdeněk Brož |
drift
(encz) | drift,drift [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
drift
(encz) | drift,hnát Zdeněk Brož |
drift
(encz) | drift,hnát proudem v: Jan Hradil |
drift
(encz) | drift,posun n: web |
drift
(encz) | drift,proud Zdeněk Brož |
drift
(encz) | drift,přesun Zdeněk Brož |
drift
(encz) | drift,unášet Zdeněk Brož |
drift
(czen) | drift,drift[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
drift
(gcide) | adit \ad"it\ ([a^]d"[i^]t), n. [L. aditus, fr. adire, aditum, to
go to; ad + ire to go.]
1. 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.
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2. Admission; approach; access. [R.]
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Yourself and yours shall have
Free adit. --Tennyson.
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Drift
(gcide) | Drift \Drift\, n. [From drive; akin to LG. & D. drift a
driving, Icel. drift snowdrift, Dan. drift, impulse, drove,
herd, pasture, common, G. trift pasturage, drove. See
Drive.]
1. A driving; a violent movement.
[1913 Webster]
The dragon drew him [self] away with drift of his
wings. --King
Alisaunder
(1332).
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2. The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or
drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.
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A bad man, being under the drift of any passion,
will follow the impulse of it till something
interpose. --South.
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3. Course or direction along which anything is driven;
setting. "Our drift was south." --Hakluyt.
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4. 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.
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He has made the drift of the whole poem a compliment
on his country in general. -- Addison.
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Now thou knowest my drift. --Sir W.
Scott.
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5. That which is driven, forced, or urged along; as:
(a) Anything driven at random. "Some log . . . a useless
drift." --Dryden.
(b) 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.
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Drifts of rising dust involve the sky. -- Pope.
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We got the brig a good bed in the rushing drift
[of ice]. --Kane.
(c) A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds. [Obs.]
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Cattle coming over the bridge (with their great
drift doing much damage to the high ways). --
Fuller.
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6. (Arch.) The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or
vault upon the abutments. [R.] --Knight.
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7. (Geol.) 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.
[1913 Webster]
8. In South Africa, a ford in a river.
[1913 Webster]
9. (Mech.) 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.
[1913 Webster]
10. (Mil.)
(a) A tool used in driving down compactly the composition
contained in a rocket, or like firework.
(b) A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to oblong
projectiles.
[1913 Webster]
11. (Mining) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft;
a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or
tunnel.
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12. (Naut.)
(a) The distance through which a current flows in a given
time.
(b) The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes
with the meridian, in drifting.
(c) The distance to which a vessel is carried off from
her desired course by the wind, currents, or other
causes.
(d) 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.
(e) The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.
[1913 Webster]
13. 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.
[1913 Webster]
14. (Phys. Geog.) One of the slower movements of oceanic
circulation; a general tendency of the water, subject to
occasional or frequent diversion or reversal by the wind;
as, the easterly drift of the North Pacific.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
15. (A["e]ronautics) The horizontal component of the pressure
of the air on the sustaining surfaces of a flying
machine. The lift is the corresponding vertical
component, which sustains the machine in the air.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Note: Drift is used also either adjectively or as the first
part of a compound. See Drift, a.
[1913 Webster]
Drift of the forest (O. Eng. Law), an examination or view
of the cattle in a forest, in order to see whose they are,
whether they are commonable, and to determine whether or
not the forest is surcharged. --Burrill. [1913 Webster]
continental drift (Geology), the very slow (ca. 1-5 cm per
year) movement of the continents and parts of continents
relative to each other and to the points of upwelling of
magma in the viscous layers beneath the continents; --
causing, for example, the opening of the South Atlantic
Ocean by the movement of Africa and South America away
from each other. See also plate tectonics.
[PJC] |
Drift
(gcide) | Drift \Drift\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drifted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Drifting.]
1. To float or be driven along by, or as by, a current of
water or air; as, the ship drifted astern; a raft drifted
ashore; the balloon drifts slowly east.
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We drifted o'er the harbor bar. -- Coleridge.
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2. To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven
into heaps; as, snow or sand drifts.
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3. (mining) 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. [U.S.]
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Drift
(gcide) | Drift \Drift\, v. t.
1. To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body. --J. H.
Newman.
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2. To drive into heaps; as, a current of wind drifts snow or
sand.
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3. (Mach.) To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift.
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Drift
(gcide) | Drift \Drift\, a.
That causes drifting or that is drifted; movable by wind or
currents; as, drift currents; drift ice; drift mud. --Kane.
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Drift anchor. See Sea anchor, and also Drag sail, under
Drag, n.
Drift epoch (Geol.), the glacial epoch.
Drift net, a kind of fishing net.
Drift sail. Same as Drag sail. See under Drag, n.
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drift
(wn) | drift
n 1: a force that moves something along [syn: drift,
impetus, impulsion]
2: the gradual departure from an intended course due to external
influences (as a ship or plane)
3: a process of linguistic change over a period of time
4: a large mass of material that is heaped up by the wind or by
water currents
5: a general tendency to change (as of opinion); "not openly
liberal but that is the trend of the book"; "a broad movement
of the electorate to the right" [syn: drift, trend,
movement]
6: the pervading meaning or tenor; "caught the general drift of
the conversation" [syn: drift, purport]
7: a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine;
"they dug a drift parallel with the vein" [syn: drift,
heading, gallery]
v 1: be in motion due to some air or water current; "The leaves
were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake";
"The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the shipwrecked
boat drifted away from the shore" [syn: float, drift,
be adrift, blow]
2: wander from a direct course or at random; "The child strayed
from the path and her parents lost sight of her"; "don't
drift from the set course" [syn: stray, err, drift]
3: move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in
search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods";
"roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam
across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the
next"; "They rolled from town to town" [syn: roll,
wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble,
rove, range, drift, vagabond]
4: vary or move from a fixed point or course; "stock prices are
drifting higher"
5: live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely; "My son drifted
around for years in California before going to law school"
[syn: freewheel, drift]
6: move in an unhurried fashion; "The unknown young man drifted
among the invited guests"
7: cause to be carried by a current; "drift the boats
downstream"
8: drive slowly and far afield for grazing; "drift the cattle
herds westwards"
9: be subject to fluctuation; "The stock market drifted upward"
10: be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a
current; "snow drifting several feet high"; "sand drifting
like snow" |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
adrift
(encz) | adrift,neovládaný adj: Zdeněk Brožadrift,neuvázaný adj: Zdeněk Brožadrift,nezakotvený adj: Zdeněk Brožadrift,unášený adj: Zdeněk Brožadrift,zmítaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
be adrift
(encz) | be adrift,letět po větru Zdeněk Brož |
come adrift
(encz) | come adrift,rozpadnout se v: Pinocome adrift,ulomit se v: Pino |
continental drift
(encz) | continental drift,kontinentální drift Zdeněk Brož |
drift apart
(encz) | drift apart,odcizit se Zdeněk Broždrift apart,přestat si rozumět Zdeněk Broždrift apart,rozejít se Zdeněk Brož |
drift away
(encz) | drift away,odloučit se od Zdeněk Broždrift away,odplavat v: Zdeněk Brož |
drift ice
(encz) | drift ice, n: |
drift net
(encz) | drift net, n: |
drift off
(encz) | drift off,usínat [frsl.] Pino |
drift off to sleep
(encz) | drift off to sleep,usnout v: [id.] Jirka Daněk |
drift off to sleep listening to a lecture
(encz) | drift off to sleep listening to a lecture,usnout na přednášce v:
[id.] (or reading a book) web |
drift-ice
(encz) | drift-ice,ledová tříšť [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
drift-nets
(encz) | drift-nets,druh rybářských sítí Zdeněk Broždrift-nets,tenatové sítě Zdeněk Brož |
driftage
(encz) | driftage,vyplavenina Zdeněk Brož |
drifted
(encz) | drifted,hnaný adj: Zdeněk Broždrifted,unášený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
drifter
(encz) | drifter,flákač n: Zdeněk Broždrifter,tulák n: Zdeněk Brož |
driftfish
(encz) | driftfish, n: |
drifting
(encz) | drifting,unášení n: Zdeněk Brož |
drifts
(encz) | drifts,posuny web |
driftwood
(encz) | driftwood,plavené dřevo web |
genetic drift
(encz) | genetic drift,genetický drift [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
get my drift
(encz) | get my drift, |
go adrift
(encz) | go adrift,rozpadnout se v: Pinogo adrift,ulomit se v: Pino |
grade drift
(encz) | grade drift, |
pesticide drift
(encz) | pesticide drift,úlet pesticidu [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
set something adrift
(encz) | set something adrift,pustit něco po vodě v: Pino |
snowdrift
(encz) | snowdrift,sněhová závěj Zdeněk Brožsnowdrift,závěj Zdeněk Brož |
spindrift
(encz) | spindrift,větrem unášená mořská voda n: Zdeněk Brožspindrift,vodní tříšť Zdeněk Brož |
spoondrift
(encz) | spoondrift, n: |
wage drift
(encz) | wage drift,stoupání mezd n: nad všeobecný průměr PetrV |
genetický drift
(czen) | genetický drift,genetic drift[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
kontinentální drift
(czen) | kontinentální drift,continental drift Zdeněk Brož |
Adrift
(gcide) | Adrift \A*drift"\, adv. & a. [Pref. a- (for on) + drift.]
Floating at random; in a drifting condition; at the mercy of
wind and waves. Also fig.
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So on the sea shall be set adrift. --Dryden.
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Were from their daily labor turned adrift.
--Wordsworth.
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Continental drift
(gcide) | Continental drift \Continental drift\
the movements of continents relative to each other across the
Earth's surface; see plate tectonics.
[PJC]Drift \Drift\, n. [From drive; akin to LG. & D. drift a
driving, Icel. drift snowdrift, Dan. drift, impulse, drove,
herd, pasture, common, G. trift pasturage, drove. See
Drive.]
1. A driving; a violent movement.
[1913 Webster]
The dragon drew him [self] away with drift of his
wings. --King
Alisaunder
(1332).
[1913 Webster]
2. The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or
drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.
[1913 Webster]
A bad man, being under the drift of any passion,
will follow the impulse of it till something
interpose. --South.
[1913 Webster]
3. Course or direction along which anything is driven;
setting. "Our drift was south." --Hakluyt.
[1913 Webster]
4. 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.
[1913 Webster]
He has made the drift of the whole poem a compliment
on his country in general. -- Addison.
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Now thou knowest my drift. --Sir W.
Scott.
[1913 Webster]
5. That which is driven, forced, or urged along; as:
(a) Anything driven at random. "Some log . . . a useless
drift." --Dryden.
(b) 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.
[1913 Webster]
Drifts of rising dust involve the sky. -- Pope.
[1913 Webster]
We got the brig a good bed in the rushing drift
[of ice]. --Kane.
(c) A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
Cattle coming over the bridge (with their great
drift doing much damage to the high ways). --
Fuller.
[1913 Webster]
6. (Arch.) The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or
vault upon the abutments. [R.] --Knight.
[1913 Webster]
7. (Geol.) 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.
[1913 Webster]
8. In South Africa, a ford in a river.
[1913 Webster]
9. (Mech.) 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.
[1913 Webster]
10. (Mil.)
(a) A tool used in driving down compactly the composition
contained in a rocket, or like firework.
(b) A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to oblong
projectiles.
[1913 Webster]
11. (Mining) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft;
a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or
tunnel.
[1913 Webster]
12. (Naut.)
(a) The distance through which a current flows in a given
time.
(b) The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes
with the meridian, in drifting.
(c) The distance to which a vessel is carried off from
her desired course by the wind, currents, or other
causes.
(d) 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.
(e) The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.
[1913 Webster]
13. 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.
[1913 Webster]
14. (Phys. Geog.) One of the slower movements of oceanic
circulation; a general tendency of the water, subject to
occasional or frequent diversion or reversal by the wind;
as, the easterly drift of the North Pacific.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
15. (A["e]ronautics) The horizontal component of the pressure
of the air on the sustaining surfaces of a flying
machine. The lift is the corresponding vertical
component, which sustains the machine in the air.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Note: Drift is used also either adjectively or as the first
part of a compound. See Drift, a.
[1913 Webster]
Drift of the forest (O. Eng. Law), an examination or view
of the cattle in a forest, in order to see whose they are,
whether they are commonable, and to determine whether or
not the forest is surcharged. --Burrill. [1913 Webster]
continental drift (Geology), the very slow (ca. 1-5 cm per
year) movement of the continents and parts of continents
relative to each other and to the points of upwelling of
magma in the viscous layers beneath the continents; --
causing, for example, the opening of the South Atlantic
Ocean by the movement of Africa and South America away
from each other. See also plate tectonics.
[PJC] |
continental drift
(gcide) | Continental drift \Continental drift\
the movements of continents relative to each other across the
Earth's surface; see plate tectonics.
[PJC]Drift \Drift\, n. [From drive; akin to LG. & D. drift a
driving, Icel. drift snowdrift, Dan. drift, impulse, drove,
herd, pasture, common, G. trift pasturage, drove. See
Drive.]
1. A driving; a violent movement.
[1913 Webster]
The dragon drew him [self] away with drift of his
wings. --King
Alisaunder
(1332).
[1913 Webster]
2. The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or
drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.
[1913 Webster]
A bad man, being under the drift of any passion,
will follow the impulse of it till something
interpose. --South.
[1913 Webster]
3. Course or direction along which anything is driven;
setting. "Our drift was south." --Hakluyt.
[1913 Webster]
4. 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.
[1913 Webster]
He has made the drift of the whole poem a compliment
on his country in general. -- Addison.
[1913 Webster]
Now thou knowest my drift. --Sir W.
Scott.
[1913 Webster]
5. That which is driven, forced, or urged along; as:
(a) Anything driven at random. "Some log . . . a useless
drift." --Dryden.
(b) 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.
[1913 Webster]
Drifts of rising dust involve the sky. -- Pope.
[1913 Webster]
We got the brig a good bed in the rushing drift
[of ice]. --Kane.
(c) A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
Cattle coming over the bridge (with their great
drift doing much damage to the high ways). --
Fuller.
[1913 Webster]
6. (Arch.) The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or
vault upon the abutments. [R.] --Knight.
[1913 Webster]
7. (Geol.) 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.
[1913 Webster]
8. In South Africa, a ford in a river.
[1913 Webster]
9. (Mech.) 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.
[1913 Webster]
10. (Mil.)
(a) A tool used in driving down compactly the composition
contained in a rocket, or like firework.
(b) A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to oblong
projectiles.
[1913 Webster]
11. (Mining) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft;
a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or
tunnel.
[1913 Webster]
12. (Naut.)
(a) The distance through which a current flows in a given
time.
(b) The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes
with the meridian, in drifting.
(c) The distance to which a vessel is carried off from
her desired course by the wind, currents, or other
causes.
(d) 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.
(e) The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.
[1913 Webster]
13. 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.
[1913 Webster]
14. (Phys. Geog.) One of the slower movements of oceanic
circulation; a general tendency of the water, subject to
occasional or frequent diversion or reversal by the wind;
as, the easterly drift of the North Pacific.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
15. (A["e]ronautics) The horizontal component of the pressure
of the air on the sustaining surfaces of a flying
machine. The lift is the corresponding vertical
component, which sustains the machine in the air.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Note: Drift is used also either adjectively or as the first
part of a compound. See Drift, a.
[1913 Webster]
Drift of the forest (O. Eng. Law), an examination or view
of the cattle in a forest, in order to see whose they are,
whether they are commonable, and to determine whether or
not the forest is surcharged. --Burrill. [1913 Webster]
continental drift (Geology), the very slow (ca. 1-5 cm per
year) movement of the continents and parts of continents
relative to each other and to the points of upwelling of
magma in the viscous layers beneath the continents; --
causing, for example, the opening of the South Atlantic
Ocean by the movement of Africa and South America away
from each other. See also plate tectonics.
[PJC] |
Drift
(gcide) | adit \ad"it\ ([a^]d"[i^]t), n. [L. aditus, fr. adire, aditum, to
go to; ad + ire to go.]
1. 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.
[1913 Webster]
2. Admission; approach; access. [R.]
[1913 Webster]
Yourself and yours shall have
Free adit. --Tennyson.
[1913 Webster]Drift \Drift\, n. [From drive; akin to LG. & D. drift a
driving, Icel. drift snowdrift, Dan. drift, impulse, drove,
herd, pasture, common, G. trift pasturage, drove. See
Drive.]
1. A driving; a violent movement.
[1913 Webster]
The dragon drew him [self] away with drift of his
wings. --King
Alisaunder
(1332).
[1913 Webster]
2. The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or
drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.
[1913 Webster]
A bad man, being under the drift of any passion,
will follow the impulse of it till something
interpose. --South.
[1913 Webster]
3. Course or direction along which anything is driven;
setting. "Our drift was south." --Hakluyt.
[1913 Webster]
4. 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.
[1913 Webster]
He has made the drift of the whole poem a compliment
on his country in general. -- Addison.
[1913 Webster]
Now thou knowest my drift. --Sir W.
Scott.
[1913 Webster]
5. That which is driven, forced, or urged along; as:
(a) Anything driven at random. "Some log . . . a useless
drift." --Dryden.
(b) 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.
[1913 Webster]
Drifts of rising dust involve the sky. -- Pope.
[1913 Webster]
We got the brig a good bed in the rushing drift
[of ice]. --Kane.
(c) A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
Cattle coming over the bridge (with their great
drift doing much damage to the high ways). --
Fuller.
[1913 Webster]
6. (Arch.) The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or
vault upon the abutments. [R.] --Knight.
[1913 Webster]
7. (Geol.) 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.
[1913 Webster]
8. In South Africa, a ford in a river.
[1913 Webster]
9. (Mech.) 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.
[1913 Webster]
10. (Mil.)
(a) A tool used in driving down compactly the composition
contained in a rocket, or like firework.
(b) A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to oblong
projectiles.
[1913 Webster]
11. (Mining) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft;
a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or
tunnel.
[1913 Webster]
12. (Naut.)
(a) The distance through which a current flows in a given
time.
(b) The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes
with the meridian, in drifting.
(c) The distance to which a vessel is carried off from
her desired course by the wind, currents, or other
causes.
(d) 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.
(e) The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.
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13. 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.
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14. (Phys. Geog.) One of the slower movements of oceanic
circulation; a general tendency of the water, subject to
occasional or frequent diversion or reversal by the wind;
as, the easterly drift of the North Pacific.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
15. (A["e]ronautics) The horizontal component of the pressure
of the air on the sustaining surfaces of a flying
machine. The lift is the corresponding vertical
component, which sustains the machine in the air.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Note: Drift is used also either adjectively or as the first
part of a compound. See Drift, a.
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Drift of the forest (O. Eng. Law), an examination or view
of the cattle in a forest, in order to see whose they are,
whether they are commonable, and to determine whether or
not the forest is surcharged. --Burrill. [1913 Webster]
continental drift (Geology), the very slow (ca. 1-5 cm per
year) movement of the continents and parts of continents
relative to each other and to the points of upwelling of
magma in the viscous layers beneath the continents; --
causing, for example, the opening of the South Atlantic
Ocean by the movement of Africa and South America away
from each other. See also plate tectonics.
[PJC]Drift \Drift\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drifted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Drifting.]
1. To float or be driven along by, or as by, a current of
water or air; as, the ship drifted astern; a raft drifted
ashore; the balloon drifts slowly east.
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We drifted o'er the harbor bar. -- Coleridge.
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2. To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven
into heaps; as, snow or sand drifts.
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3. (mining) 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. [U.S.]
[1913 Webster]Drift \Drift\, v. t.
1. To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body. --J. H.
Newman.
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2. To drive into heaps; as, a current of wind drifts snow or
sand.
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3. (Mach.) To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift.
[1913 Webster]Drift \Drift\, a.
That causes drifting or that is drifted; movable by wind or
currents; as, drift currents; drift ice; drift mud. --Kane.
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Drift anchor. See Sea anchor, and also Drag sail, under
Drag, n.
Drift epoch (Geol.), the glacial epoch.
Drift net, a kind of fishing net.
Drift sail. Same as Drag sail. See under Drag, n.
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Drift anchor
(gcide) | Drift \Drift\, a.
That causes drifting or that is drifted; movable by wind or
currents; as, drift currents; drift ice; drift mud. --Kane.
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Drift anchor. See Sea anchor, and also Drag sail, under
Drag, n.
Drift epoch (Geol.), the glacial epoch.
Drift net, a kind of fishing net.
Drift sail. Same as Drag sail. See under Drag, n.
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Drift epoch
(gcide) | Drift \Drift\, a.
That causes drifting or that is drifted; movable by wind or
currents; as, drift currents; drift ice; drift mud. --Kane.
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Drift anchor. See Sea anchor, and also Drag sail, under
Drag, n.
Drift epoch (Geol.), the glacial epoch.
Drift net, a kind of fishing net.
Drift sail. Same as Drag sail. See under Drag, n.
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Drift net
(gcide) | Drift \Drift\, a.
That causes drifting or that is drifted; movable by wind or
currents; as, drift currents; drift ice; drift mud. --Kane.
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Drift anchor. See Sea anchor, and also Drag sail, under
Drag, n.
Drift epoch (Geol.), the glacial epoch.
Drift net, a kind of fishing net.
Drift sail. Same as Drag sail. See under Drag, n.
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Drift of the forest
(gcide) | Drift \Drift\, n. [From drive; akin to LG. & D. drift a
driving, Icel. drift snowdrift, Dan. drift, impulse, drove,
herd, pasture, common, G. trift pasturage, drove. See
Drive.]
1. A driving; a violent movement.
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The dragon drew him [self] away with drift of his
wings. --King
Alisaunder
(1332).
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2. The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or
drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.
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A bad man, being under the drift of any passion,
will follow the impulse of it till something
interpose. --South.
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3. Course or direction along which anything is driven;
setting. "Our drift was south." --Hakluyt.
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4. 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.
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He has made the drift of the whole poem a compliment
on his country in general. -- Addison.
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Now thou knowest my drift. --Sir W.
Scott.
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5. That which is driven, forced, or urged along; as:
(a) Anything driven at random. "Some log . . . a useless
drift." --Dryden.
(b) 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.
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Drifts of rising dust involve the sky. -- Pope.
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We got the brig a good bed in the rushing drift
[of ice]. --Kane.
(c) A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds. [Obs.]
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Cattle coming over the bridge (with their great
drift doing much damage to the high ways). --
Fuller.
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6. (Arch.) The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or
vault upon the abutments. [R.] --Knight.
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7. (Geol.) 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.
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8. In South Africa, a ford in a river.
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9. (Mech.) 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.
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10. (Mil.)
(a) A tool used in driving down compactly the composition
contained in a rocket, or like firework.
(b) A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to oblong
projectiles.
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11. (Mining) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft;
a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or
tunnel.
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12. (Naut.)
(a) The distance through which a current flows in a given
time.
(b) The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes
with the meridian, in drifting.
(c) The distance to which a vessel is carried off from
her desired course by the wind, currents, or other
causes.
(d) 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.
(e) The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.
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13. 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.
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14. (Phys. Geog.) One of the slower movements of oceanic
circulation; a general tendency of the water, subject to
occasional or frequent diversion or reversal by the wind;
as, the easterly drift of the North Pacific.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
15. (A["e]ronautics) The horizontal component of the pressure
of the air on the sustaining surfaces of a flying
machine. The lift is the corresponding vertical
component, which sustains the machine in the air.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Note: Drift is used also either adjectively or as the first
part of a compound. See Drift, a.
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Drift of the forest (O. Eng. Law), an examination or view
of the cattle in a forest, in order to see whose they are,
whether they are commonable, and to determine whether or
not the forest is surcharged. --Burrill. [1913 Webster]
continental drift (Geology), the very slow (ca. 1-5 cm per
year) movement of the continents and parts of continents
relative to each other and to the points of upwelling of
magma in the viscous layers beneath the continents; --
causing, for example, the opening of the South Atlantic
Ocean by the movement of Africa and South America away
from each other. See also plate tectonics.
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drift sail
(gcide) | Drag \Drag\, n. [See Drag, v. t., and cf. Dray a cart, and
1st Dredge.]
1. The act of dragging; anything which is dragged.
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2. A net, or an apparatus, to be drawn along the bottom under
water, as in fishing, searching for drowned persons, etc.
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3. A kind of sledge for conveying heavy bodies; also, a kind
of low car or handcart; as, a stone drag.
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4. A heavy coach with seats on top; also, a heavy carriage.
[Collog.] --Thackeray.
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5. A heavy harrow, for breaking up ground.
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6.
(a) Anything towed in the water to retard a ship's
progress, or to keep her head up to the wind; esp., a
canvas bag with a hooped mouth, so used. See {Drag
sail} (below).
(b) Also, a skid or shoe, for retarding the motion of a
carriage wheel.
(c) Hence, anything that retards; a clog; an obstacle to
progress or enjoyment.
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My lectures were only a pleasure to me, and no
drag. --J. D.
Forbes.
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7. Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if
clogged. "Had a drag in his walk." -- Hazlitt.
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8. (Founding) The bottom part of a flask or mold, the upper
part being the cope.
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9. (Masonry) A steel instrument for completing the dressing
of soft stone.
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10. (Marine Engin.) The difference between the speed of a
screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the
ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects
of the different floats of a paddle wheel. See Citation
under Drag, v. i., 3.
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Drag sail (Naut.), a sail or canvas rigged on a stout
frame, to be dragged by a vessel through the water in
order to keep her head to the wind or to prevent drifting;
-- called also drift sail, drag sheet, drag anchor,
sea anchor, floating anchor, etc.
Drag twist (Mining), a spiral hook at the end of a rod for
cleaning drilled holes.
[1913 Webster]Drift \Drift\, a.
That causes drifting or that is drifted; movable by wind or
currents; as, drift currents; drift ice; drift mud. --Kane.
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Drift anchor. See Sea anchor, and also Drag sail, under
Drag, n.
Drift epoch (Geol.), the glacial epoch.
Drift net, a kind of fishing net.
Drift sail. Same as Drag sail. See under Drag, n.
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Drift sail
(gcide) | Drag \Drag\, n. [See Drag, v. t., and cf. Dray a cart, and
1st Dredge.]
1. The act of dragging; anything which is dragged.
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2. A net, or an apparatus, to be drawn along the bottom under
water, as in fishing, searching for drowned persons, etc.
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3. A kind of sledge for conveying heavy bodies; also, a kind
of low car or handcart; as, a stone drag.
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4. A heavy coach with seats on top; also, a heavy carriage.
[Collog.] --Thackeray.
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5. A heavy harrow, for breaking up ground.
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6.
(a) Anything towed in the water to retard a ship's
progress, or to keep her head up to the wind; esp., a
canvas bag with a hooped mouth, so used. See {Drag
sail} (below).
(b) Also, a skid or shoe, for retarding the motion of a
carriage wheel.
(c) Hence, anything that retards; a clog; an obstacle to
progress or enjoyment.
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My lectures were only a pleasure to me, and no
drag. --J. D.
Forbes.
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7. Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if
clogged. "Had a drag in his walk." -- Hazlitt.
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8. (Founding) The bottom part of a flask or mold, the upper
part being the cope.
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9. (Masonry) A steel instrument for completing the dressing
of soft stone.
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10. (Marine Engin.) The difference between the speed of a
screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the
ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects
of the different floats of a paddle wheel. See Citation
under Drag, v. i., 3.
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Drag sail (Naut.), a sail or canvas rigged on a stout
frame, to be dragged by a vessel through the water in
order to keep her head to the wind or to prevent drifting;
-- called also drift sail, drag sheet, drag anchor,
sea anchor, floating anchor, etc.
Drag twist (Mining), a spiral hook at the end of a rod for
cleaning drilled holes.
[1913 Webster]Drift \Drift\, a.
That causes drifting or that is drifted; movable by wind or
currents; as, drift currents; drift ice; drift mud. --Kane.
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Drift anchor. See Sea anchor, and also Drag sail, under
Drag, n.
Drift epoch (Geol.), the glacial epoch.
Drift net, a kind of fishing net.
Drift sail. Same as Drag sail. See under Drag, n.
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Driftage
(gcide) | Driftage \Drift"age\, n.
1. Deviation from a ship's course due to leeway.
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2. Anything that drifts.
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Driftbolt
(gcide) | Driftbolt \Drift"bolt`\, n.
A bolt for driving out other bolts.
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Drifted
(gcide) | Drift \Drift\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drifted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Drifting.]
1. To float or be driven along by, or as by, a current of
water or air; as, the ship drifted astern; a raft drifted
ashore; the balloon drifts slowly east.
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We drifted o'er the harbor bar. -- Coleridge.
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2. To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven
into heaps; as, snow or sand drifts.
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3. (mining) 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. [U.S.]
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Drifting
(gcide) | Drift \Drift\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drifted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Drifting.]
1. To float or be driven along by, or as by, a current of
water or air; as, the ship drifted astern; a raft drifted
ashore; the balloon drifts slowly east.
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We drifted o'er the harbor bar. -- Coleridge.
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2. To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven
into heaps; as, snow or sand drifts.
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3. (mining) 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. [U.S.]
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Driftless
(gcide) | Driftless \Drift"less\, a.
Having no drift or direction; without aim; purposeless.
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Driftpiece
(gcide) | Driftpiece \Drift"piece"\, n. (Shipbuilding)
An upright or curved piece of timber connecting the plank
sheer with the gunwale; also, a scroll terminating a rail.
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Driftpin
(gcide) | Driftpin \Drift"pin`\, n. (Mech.)
A smooth drift. See Drift, n., 9.
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Driftway
(gcide) | Driftway \Drift"way`\, n.
1. A common way, road, or path, for driving cattle. --Cowell.
Burrill.
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2. (Mining) Same as Drift, 11.
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Driftweed
(gcide) | Driftweed \Drift"weed`\, n.
Seaweed drifted to the shore by the wind. --Darwin.
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Driftwind
(gcide) | Driftwind \Drift"wind`\, n.
A driving wind; a wind that drives snow, sand, etc., into
heaps. --Beau. & Fl.
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Driftwood
(gcide) | Driftwood \Drift"wood`\, n.
1. Wood drifted or floated by water.
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2. Fig.: Whatever is drifting or floating as on water.
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The current of humanity, with its heavy proportion
of very useless driftwood. -- New Your
Times.
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Drifty
(gcide) | Drifty \Drift"y\, a.
Full of drifts; tending to form drifts, as snow, and the
like.
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Glacial drift
(gcide) | Glacial \Gla"cial\, a. [L. glacialis, from glacies ice: cf. F.
glacial.]
1. Pertaining to ice or to its action; consisting of ice;
frozen; icy; esp., pertaining to glaciers; as, glacial
phenomena. --Lyell.
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2. (Chem.) Resembling ice; having the appearance and
consistency of ice; -- said of certain solid compounds;
as, glacial phosphoric or acetic acids.
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Glacial acid (Chem.), an acid of such strength or purity as
to crystallize at an ordinary temperature, in an icelike
form; as acetic or carbolic acid.
Glacial drift (Geol.), earth and rocks which have been
transported by moving ice, land ice, or icebergs; bowlder
drift.
Glacial epoch or Glacial period (Geol.), a period during
which the climate of the modern temperate regions was
polar, and ice covered large portions of the northern
hemisphere to the mountain tops.
Glacial theory or Glacial hypothesis. (Geol.) See
Glacier theory, under Glacier.
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Gopher drift
(gcide) | Gopher \Go"pher\, n. [F. gaufre waffle, honeycomb. See
Gauffer.] (Zool.)
1. One of several North American burrowing rodents of the
genera Geomys and Thomomys, of the family
Geomyid[ae]; -- called also pocket gopher and {pouched
rat}. See Pocket gopher, and Tucan.
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Note: The name was originally given by French settlers to
many burrowing rodents, from their honeycombing the
earth.
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2. One of several western American species of the genus
Spermophilus, of the family Sciurid[ae]; as, the gray
gopher (Spermophilus Franklini) and the striped gopher
(S. tridecemlineatus); -- called also {striped prairie
squirrel}, leopard marmot, and leopard spermophile.
See Spermophile.
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3. A large land tortoise (Testudo Carilina) of the Southern
United States, which makes extensive burrows.
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4. A large burrowing snake (Spilotes Couperi) of the
Southern United States.
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Gopher drift (Mining), an irregular prospecting drift,
following or seeking the ore without regard to regular
grade or section. --Raymond.
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Sand drift
(gcide) | Sand \Sand\, n. [AS. sand; akin to D. zand, G. sand, OHG. sant,
Icel. sandr, Dan. & Sw. sand, Gr. ?.]
1. Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not
reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose
grains, which are not coherent when wet.
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That finer matter, called sand, is no other than
very small pebbles. --Woodward.
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2. A single particle of such stone. [R.] --Shak.
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3. The sand in the hourglass; hence, a moment or interval of
time; the term or extent of one's life.
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The sands are numbered that make up my life. --Shak.
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4. pl. Tracts of land consisting of sand, like the deserts of
Arabia and Africa; also, extensive tracts of sand exposed
by the ebb of the tide. "The Libyan sands." --Milton. "The
sands o' Dee." --C. Kingsley.
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5. Courage; pluck; grit. [Slang]
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Sand badger (Zool.), the Japanese badger (Meles ankuma).
Sand bag.
(a) A bag filled with sand or earth, used for various
purposes, as in fortification, for ballast, etc.
(b) A long bag filled with sand, used as a club by
assassins.
Sand ball, soap mixed with sand, made into a ball for use
at the toilet.
Sand bath.
(a) (Chem.) A vessel of hot sand in a laboratory, in which
vessels that are to be heated are partially immersed.
(b) A bath in which the body is immersed in hot sand.
Sand bed, a thick layer of sand, whether deposited
naturally or artificially; specifically, a thick layer of
sand into which molten metal is run in casting, or from a
reducing furnace.
Sand birds (Zool.), a collective name for numerous species
of limicoline birds, such as the sandpipers, plovers,
tattlers, and many others; -- called also shore birds.
Sand blast, a process of engraving and cutting glass and
other hard substances by driving sand against them by a
steam jet or otherwise; also, the apparatus used in the
process.
Sand box.
(a) A box with a perforated top or cover, for sprinkling
paper with sand.
(b) A box carried on locomotives, from which sand runs on
the rails in front of the driving wheel, to prevent
slipping.
Sand-box tree (Bot.), a tropical American tree ({Hura
crepitans}). Its fruit is a depressed many-celled woody
capsule which, when completely dry, bursts with a loud
report and scatters the seeds. See Illust. of Regma.
Sand bug (Zool.), an American anomuran crustacean ({Hippa
talpoidea}) which burrows in sandy seabeaches. It is often
used as bait by fishermen. See Illust. under Anomura.
Sand canal (Zool.), a tubular vessel having a calcareous
coating, and connecting the oral ambulacral ring with the
madreporic tubercle. It appears to be excretory in
function.
Sand cock (Zool.), the redshank. [Prov. Eng.]
Sand collar. (Zool.) Same as Sand saucer, below.
Sand crab. (Zool.)
(a) The lady crab.
(b) A land crab, or ocypodian.
Sand crack (Far.), a crack extending downward from the
coronet, in the wall of a horse's hoof, which often causes
lameness.
Sand cricket (Zool.), any one of several species of large
terrestrial crickets of the genus Stenophelmatus and
allied genera, native of the sandy plains of the Western
United States.
Sand cusk (Zool.), any ophidioid fish. See Illust. under
Ophidioid.
Sand dab (Zool.), a small American flounder ({Limanda
ferruginea}); -- called also rusty dab. The name is also
applied locally to other allied species.
Sand darter (Zool.), a small etheostomoid fish of the Ohio
valley (Ammocrypta pellucida).
Sand dollar (Zool.), any one of several species of small
flat circular sea urchins, which live on sandy bottoms,
especially Echinarachnius parma of the American coast.
Sand drift, drifting sand; also, a mound or bank of drifted
sand.
Sand eel. (Zool.)
(a) A lant, or launce.
(b) A slender Pacific Ocean fish of the genus
Gonorhynchus, having barbels about the mouth.
Sand flag, sandstone which splits up into flagstones.
Sand flea. (Zool.)
(a) Any species of flea which inhabits, or breeds in,
sandy places, especially the common dog flea.
(b) The chigoe.
(c) Any leaping amphipod crustacean; a beach flea, or
orchestian. See Beach flea, under Beach.
Sand flood, a vast body of sand borne along by the wind.
--James Bruce.
Sand fluke. (Zool.)
(a) The sandnecker.
(b) The European smooth dab ({Pleuronectes
microcephalus}); -- called also kitt, marysole,
smear dab, town dab.
Sand fly (Zool.), any one of several species of small
dipterous flies of the genus Simulium, abounding on
sandy shores, especially Simulium nocivum of the United
States. They are very troublesome on account of their
biting habits. Called also no-see-um, punky, and
midge.
Sand gall. (Geol.) See Sand pipe, below.
Sand grass (Bot.), any species of grass which grows in
sand; especially, a tufted grass (Triplasis purpurea)
with numerous bearded joints, and acid awl-shaped leaves,
growing on the Atlantic coast.
Sand grouse (Zool.), any one of many species of Old World
birds belonging to the suborder Pterocletes, and
resembling both grouse and pigeons. Called also {rock
grouse}, rock pigeon, and ganga. They mostly belong to
the genus Pterocles, as the common Indian species
(Pterocles exustus). The large sand grouse ({Pterocles
arenarius}), the painted sand grouse ({Pterocles
fasciatus}), and the pintail sand grouse ({Pterocles
alchata}) are also found in India. See Illust. under
Pterocletes.
Sand hill, a hill of sand; a dune.
Sand-hill crane (Zool.), the American brown crane ({Grus
Mexicana}).
Sand hopper (Zool.), a beach flea; an orchestian.
Sand hornet (Zool.), a sand wasp.
Sand lark. (Zool.)
(a) A small lark (Alaudala raytal), native of India.
(b) A small sandpiper, or plover, as the ringneck, the
sanderling, and the common European sandpiper.
(c) The Australian red-capped dotterel ({Aegialophilus
ruficapillus}); -- called also red-necked plover.
Sand launce (Zool.), a lant, or launce.
Sand lizard (Zool.), a common European lizard ({Lacerta
agilis}).
Sand martin (Zool.), the bank swallow.
Sand mole (Zool.), the coast rat.
Sand monitor (Zool.), a large Egyptian lizard ({Monitor
arenarius}) which inhabits dry localities.
Sand mouse (Zool.), the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.]
Sand myrtle. (Bot.) See under Myrtle.
Sand partridge (Zool.), either of two small Asiatic
partridges of the genus Ammoperdix. The wings are long
and the tarsus is spurless. One species ({Ammoperdix
Heeji}) inhabits Palestine and Arabia. The other species
(Ammoperdix Bonhami), inhabiting Central Asia, is called
also seesee partridge, and teehoo.
Sand picture, a picture made by putting sand of different
colors on an adhesive surface.
Sand pike. (Zool.)
(a) The sauger.
(b) The lizard fish.
Sand pillar, a sand storm which takes the form of a
whirling pillar in its progress in desert tracts like
those of the Sahara and Mongolia.
Sand pipe (Geol.), a tubular cavity, from a few inches to
several feet in depth, occurring especially in calcareous
rocks, and often filled with gravel, sand, etc.; -- called
also sand gall.
Sand pride (Zool.), a small British lamprey now considered
to be the young of larger species; -- called also {sand
prey}.
Sand pump, in artesian well boring, a long, slender bucket
with a valve at the bottom for raising sand from the well.
Sand rat (Zool.), the pocket gopher.
Sand rock, a rock made of cemented sand.
Sand runner (Zool.), the turnstone.
Sand saucer (Zool.), the mass of egg capsules, or oothecae,
of any mollusk of the genus Natica and allied genera. It
has the shape of a bottomless saucer, and is coated with
fine sand; -- called also sand collar.
Sand screw (Zool.), an amphipod crustacean ({Lepidactylis
arenarius}), which burrows in the sandy seabeaches of
Europe and America.
Sand shark (Zool.), an American shark ({Odontaspis
littoralis}) found on the sandy coasts of the Eastern
United States; -- called also gray shark, and {dogfish
shark}. See Illust. under Remora.
Sand skink (Zool.), any one of several species of Old World
lizards belonging to the genus Seps; as, the ocellated
sand skink (Seps ocellatus) of Southern Europe.
Sand skipper (Zool.), a beach flea, or orchestian.
Sand smelt (Zool.), a silverside.
Sand snake. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of harmless burrowing
snakes of the genus Eryx, native of Southern Europe,
Africa, and Asia, especially Eryx jaculus of India
and Eryx Johnii, used by snake charmers.
(b) Any innocuous South African snake of the genus
Psammophis, especially Psammophis sibilans.
Sand snipe (Zool.), the sandpiper.
Sand star (Zool.), an ophiurioid starfish living on sandy
sea bottoms; a brittle star.
Sand storm, a cloud of sand driven violently by the wind.
Sand sucker, the sandnecker.
Sand swallow (Zool.), the bank swallow. See under Bank.
Sand trap, (Golf) a shallow pit on a golf course having a
layer of sand in it, usually located near a green, and
designed to function as a hazard, due to the difficulty of
hitting balls effectively from such a position.
Sand tube, a tube made of sand. Especially:
(a) A tube of vitrified sand, produced by a stroke of
lightning; a fulgurite.
(b) (Zool.) Any tube made of cemented sand.
(c) (Zool.) In starfishes, a tube having calcareous
particles in its wall, which connects the oral water
tube with the madreporic plate.
Sand viper. (Zool.) See Hognose snake.
Sand wasp (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
hymenopterous insects belonging to the families
Pompilidae and Spheridae, which dig burrows in sand.
The female provisions the nest with insects or spiders
which she paralyzes by stinging, and which serve as food
for her young.
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Snowdrift
(gcide) | Snowdrift \Snow"drift`\, n.
A bank of drifted snow.
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spindrift
(gcide) | Spoondrift \Spoon"drift\ (-dr[i^]ft), n. [Spoom + drift.]
Spray blown from the tops of waves during a gale at sea;
also, snow driven in the wind at sea; -- written also
spindrift.
[1913 Webster]Spindrift \Spin"drift\, n.
Same as Spoondrift.
The ocean waves are broken up by wind, ultimately
producing the storm wrack and spindrift of the
tempest-tossed sea. --J. E. Marr.
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