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One who, or that which, drives; the person or thing that
urges or compels anything else to move onward. |
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The person who drives beasts or a carriage; a coachman; a
charioteer, etc.; hence, also, one who controls the movements of a
locomotive. |
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An overseer of a gang of slaves or gang of convicts at
their work. |
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A part that transmits motion to another part by contact
with it, or through an intermediate relatively movable part, as a gear
which drives another, or a lever which moves another through a link,
etc. Specifically: |
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The driving wheel of a locomotive. |
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An attachment to a lathe, spindle, or face plate to turn a
carrier. |
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A crossbar on a grinding mill spindle to drive the upper
stone. |
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The after sail in a ship or bark, being a fore-and-aft sail
attached to a gaff; a spanker. |
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