driftage (driftaj)

[ which this drift was moved, it is also denominated glacial drift-bolt (drift'bōlt), n. A bolt, commonly drift , while the detrital material transported by the agency of ice at the present time is not so called. See glacier drift-current (drift'kurent), n. A current and moraine. made of steel, used for driving out other bolts. cally-(a) A machine or mechanical contrivance or apparatus used in removing moisture from some substance: as, a fruit- drier; a clothes- drier; a grain- drier. (b) Any substance added to a paint to increase its drying quality. It may be a liquid, such as japan, or a dry material, as oxid of lead, oxid of manganese, burnt umber, or sugar of lead. Also spelled dryer. - Centrifugal drier, a machine in which rotary motion is the direct means of ex tracting moisture. It consists of two circular tubs of metal placed one within the other, the smaller one being pierced with many small holes and revolving on its axis. On placing sugar, wet fabrics, etc., within the interior ve el and setting it in rapid motion, the water is expelled by centrifugal force. See evaporator and lumber - drier. drier, driest (dri'er, drī'est). Comparative and superlative degrees of dry.