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128 words match “RIFT”

RIFT v. 6 definitions
To cleave; to rive; to split; as, to rift an oak or a rock; to rift the clouds. Longfellow. To dwell these rifted rocks between. Wordsworth.
RIFTER n.
A rafter. [Obs.] Holland.
ADRIFT adv.
Floating at random; in a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves. Also fig. So on the sea shall be set adrift. Dryden. Were from their daily labor turned adrift. Wordsworth.
DINGTHRIFT n.
A spendthrift. [Obs.] Wilt thou, therefore, a drunkard be, A dingthrift and a knave Drant.
DRIFT n. 28 definitions
A driving; a violent movement. The dragon drew him [self] away with drift of his wings. King Alisaunder (1332).
DRIFTAGE n. 2 definitions
Anything that drifts.
DRIFTBOLT n.
A bolt for driving out other bolts.
DRIFTLESS a.
Having no drift or direction; without aim; purposeless.
DRIFTPIECE n.
An upright or curved piece of timber connecting the plank sheer with the gunwale; also, a scroll terminating a rail.
DRIFTPIN n.
A smooth drift. See Drift, n., 9.
DRIFTWAY n. 2 definitions
Same as Drift, 11.
DRIFTWEED n.
Seaweed drifted to the shore by the wind. Darwin.
DRIFTWIND n.
A driving wind; a wind that drives snow, sand, etc., into heaps. Beau. & Fl.
DRIFTWOOD n. 2 definitions
Wood drifted or floated by water.
DRIFTY a.
Full of drifts; tending to form drifts, as snow, and the like.
EARSHRIFT n.
A nickname for auricular confession; shrift. [Obs.] Cartwright.
SHRIFT n. 2 definitions
The act of shriving. In shrift and preaching is my diligence. Chaucer.
SLIPTHRIFT n.
A spendthrift. [Obs.]
SNOWDRIFT n.
A bank of drifted snow.
SPENDTHRIFT n. 2 definitions
lavishes or wastes his estate. Also used figuratively. A woman who was a generous spendthrift of life. Mrs. R. H. Davis.
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