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A driving or thrusting away. [R.] Speed.

Driving or thrusting away; averting. [R.] Holland.

The act of thrusting or driving down or outward; outward thrust. -- De*tru"sive, a.

of the volatile parts of a substance from the more fixed; specifically, the operation of driving off gas or vapor from volatile liquids or solids, by heat in a retort or still, and the condensation of the products as far as possible by a cool receiver, alembic, or condenser; rectification; vaporization; condensation;…

In pile driving, a block interposed between the head of the pile and the ram of the driver.

A driving; a violent movement. The dragon drew him [self] away with drift of his wings. King Alisaunder (1332).

A bolt for driving out other bolts.

A common way, road, or path, for driving cattle. Cowell. Burrill.

A driving wind; a wind that drives snow, sand, etc., into heaps. Beau. & Fl.

sly. Fierce Boreas drove against his flying sails. Dryden. Under cover of the night and a driving tempest. Prescott. Time driveth onward fast, And in a little while our lips are dumb. Tennyson.

of Drive. Also adj. Driven well, a well made by driving a tube into the earth to an aqueous stratum; -- called also drive well.

The driving wheel of a locomotive.

rly payment made by some tenants to the king, or to their landlords, for the privilege of driving their cattle through a manor to fairs or markets. Cowell.

A collection of cattle driven, or cattle collected for driving; a number of animals, as oxen, sheep, or swine, driven in a body.

A cylinder on a revolving shaft, generally for the purpose of driving several pulleys, by means of belts or straps passing around its periphery; also, the barrel of a hoisting machine, on which the rope or chain is wound.

A generator having its revolving part carried on the shaft of the driving engine.

ity, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force; a driving to compliance; as, the exaction to tribute or of obedience; hence, extortion. Take away your exactions from my people. Ezek. xlv. 9. Daily new exactions are devised. Shak. Illegal exactions of sheriffs and officials. Bancr…

The act of exorcising; the driving out of evil spirits from persons or places by conjuration; also, the form of conjuration used.

Driving or bursting out with violence and noise; causing explosion; as, the explosive force of gunpowder.

The act of expelling; a driving or forcing out; summary removal from membership, association, etc. The expulsion of the Tarquins. Shak.