driftagen.
/ˈdrɪftɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈdrɪftɪdʒ/ 1. The process or operation of drifting.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > [noun]
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society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > [noun] > course > deviation or drift
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1862 M. Hopkins Hawaii 414 There is always a driftage of the [sounding] line.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Driftage, the amount due to lee-way.
1877 J. Le Conte Elements Geol. (1879) 135 The rate of peat-growth depends upon..the manner of accumulation, whether entirely by growth of plants in situ, or partly by driftage.
2. concrete. Drifted material. (Cf. wreckage n.)
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the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > [noun] > that which moves with current
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1768 J. Byron Narr. Patagonia 63 No hopes of any valuable driftage from [the wreck].
1835 N. Hawthorne Amer. Note-bks. 15 June (1883) 13 Among the heaps of sea-weed there were sometimes small pieces of painted wood, bark, and other driftage.
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