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by a moving body in virtue of its weight and its motion; the force with which any body is driven or impelled; momentum.

To drive by inches, or small degrees. [R.] He gets too far into the soldier's grace And inches out my master. Dryden.

To contract; to bargain or covenant. Shak. To indent and drive bargains with the Almighty. South.

porated in any regiment. -- Independent seconds watch, a stop watch having a second hand driven by a separate set of wheels, springs, etc., for timing to a fraction of a second. -- Independent variable. (Math.) See Dependent variable, under Dependent.

A machine built as an induction motor and driven above synchronous speed, thus acting as an alternating-current generator; - - called also asynchronous generator. Below synchronism the machine takes in electrical energy and acts as an induction motor; at synchronism the power component of current becomes zero and chang…

water into a steam boiler by the direct action of the steam upon the water. The water is driven into the boiler by the impulse of a jet of the steam which becomes condensed as soon as it strikes the stream of cold water it impels; - - also called Giffard's injector, from the inventor.

A system of gearing driven by a horse power, for multiplying speed.

for connecting a percussion drill to the rod or rope which works it, so that the drill is driven down by impact and is jerked loose when jammed.

The driver of a hackney coach. [Slang, Eng.] Carlyle.

A coachman; a driver; especially, one who drives furiously. [Colloq.]

To cause to jog; to drive at a jog, as a horse. See Jog, v. i.

To push; to drive; to force by running against; to jostle. We justled one another out, and disputed the post for a great while. Addison.

To drive or be driven against something; to strike against something; to clash; as, one heavy body knocks against another. Bacon.

An inclosure into which are driven wild elephants which are to be tamed and educated. [Ceylon]

efly for turning and boring metals, cutting screws, etc. -- Foot lathe, a lathe which is driven by a treadle worked by the foot. -- Geometric lathe. See under Geometric -- Hand lathe, a lathe operated by hand; a power turning lathe without an automatic feed for the tool. -- Slide lathe, an engine lathe. -- Throw la…

-- with out. From his deep chest laughs out a loud applause. Shak. To laugh away. (a) To drive away by laughter; as, to laugh away regret. (b) To waste in hilarity. "Pompey doth this day laugh away his fortune." Shak. -- To laugh down. (a) To cause to cease or desist by laughter; as, to laugh down a speaker. (b) To c…

The boat of the largest size belonging to a ship of war; also, an open boat of any size driven by steam, naphtha, electricity, or the like. Launching ways. (Naut.) See Way, n. (Naut.).

less independently of the other parts of a machine, as, in some marine engines, a shaft, driven by a small auxiliary engine, for independently operating the valves of the main engine to insure uniform motion.

on; to induce; to entice; to allure; as, to lead one to espouse a righteous cause. He was driven by the necessities of the times, more than led by his own disposition, to any rigor of actions. Eikon Basilike. Silly women, laden with sins,led away by divers lusts. 2 Tim. iii. 6 (Rev. Ver.).

hich the floor girders are rigidly secured at their extremities to supporting steel legs, driven into the round as piling, or resting on mudsills.