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Drift and Mastery — Drift and Mastery: An Attempt to Diagnose the Current Unrest Author(s) Walter Lippmann … Wikipedia
Drift mining — is either the mining of a placer deposit by underground methods, or the working of coal seams accessed by adits driven into the surface outcrop of the coal bed. Drift is a more general mining term, meaning a near horizontal passageway in a mine,… … Wikipedia
drift net — ► NOUN ▪ a large fishing net kept upright by weights at the bottom and floats at the top and allowed to drift in the sea … English terms dictionary
drift net — noun a large fishnet supported by floats; it drifts with the current • Hypernyms: ↑fishnet, ↑fishing net * * * noun : a large net that is arranged to drift with the tide or current and that is either buoyed up by floats or attached to a drift… … Useful english dictionary
Drift Sight — This article is about the World War I bombsight. For the aircraft instrument for measuring wind speeds, see drift meter. A Mk. I Drift Sight mounted on the side of an Airco DH.4. The lever just in front of the bomb aimer s fingertips sets the… … Wikipedia
Bottom trawling — The Celtic Explorer, a research vessel engaged in bottom trawling … Wikipedia
Drift meter — This article is about the aircraft instrument for measuring wind speeds. For the World War I bombsight, see Drift Sight. A drift meter, also drift indicator and drift sight, is an optical device used to improve dead reckoning for aircraft… … Wikipedia
drift sail — Drag Drag, n. [See {Drag}, v. t., and cf. {Dray} a cart, and 1st {Dredge}.] 1. The act of dragging; anything which is dragged. [1913 Webster] 2. A net, or an apparatus, to be drawn along the bottom under water, as in fishing, searching for… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
drift net — noun a large fishing net, kept upright by weights at the bottom and floats at the top and allowed to drift in the sea. Derivatives drift netter noun drift netting noun … English new terms dictionary
drift fishing — 1) using a series of gill nets which are allowed to drift in the open ocean 2) angling from a boat allowed to move with the current, wind or tide 3) casting a weighted bait upstream and allowing it to drift downstream. The weight and bait bounce… … Dictionary of ichthyology
