drift ashore

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• Drift House: The First Voyage —   Author(s) Dale Peck …   Wikipedia

• drift — [drift] n. [ME (akin to ON & MDu drift, OHG trift) < OE drifan, DRIVE] 1. an act or instance of being driven or carried along, as by a current of air or water or by circumstances 2. the course on which something is directed or driven 3. the… …   English World dictionary

• 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. [1913 Webster] We… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• drift|wood — «DRIHFT WUD», noun. wood carried along by water; wood washed ashore from the water …   Useful english dictionary

• drift — I. noun Etymology: Middle English; akin to Old English drīfan to drive more at drive Date: 14th century 1. a. the act of driving something along b. the flow or the velocity of the current of a river or ocean stream 2. something driven, propelled …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• drift-stuff — This term signifies, not goods which are the subject of salvage, but matters floating at random, without any known or discoverable ownership, which, if cast ashore, will probably never be reclaimed, but will, as a matter of course, accrue to the… …   Black's law dictionary

• drift-stuff — This term signifies, not goods which are the subject of salvage, but matters floating at random, without any known or discoverable ownership, which, if cast ashore, will probably never be reclaimed, but will, as a matter of course, accrue to the… …   Black's law dictionary

• Aurora's drift — refers to the Antarctic expedition ship SY Aurora , and its drift in the Ross Sea and Southern Ocean pack ice for a period of 282 days from 7 May 1915 to 12 February 1916. Aurora had brought the Ross Sea party mdash;a support team for Sir Ernest… …   Wikipedia

• Allied invasion of Sicily — Sicilian Campaign Part of Italian Campaign of World War II The U.S. Liberty ship Robert Rowan explodes after being hit by a German …   Wikipedia

• Friend to all Nations — Memorial to the crew, Margate See also: Margate Surfboat The Friend to all Nations was the second surfboat stationed at Margate for maritime rescue. She entered service on 6 July 1878 and was retired after being damaged in a storm on 30 November… …   Wikipedia

• driftweed — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : seaweed or other aquatic vegetation drifted ashore 2. : any of various seaweeds (as members of the genus Laminaria) that tend to break free and drift ashore …   Useful english dictionary