noun.
The act of forcing or urging something along; the act of pressing or moving on furiously.
noun.
Tendency; drift.
adjective.
Having great force of impulse.
adjective.
Communicating force; impelling.
adjective.
the axle of a driving wheel, as in a locomotive.
adjective.
the journal box of a driving axle. See Illust. of Locomotive.
adjective.
a syncopated note; a tone begun on a weak part of a measure and held through the next accented part, thus anticipating the accent and driving it through.
adjective.
a spring fixed upon the box of the driving axle of a locomotive engine to support the weight and deaden shocks.
adjective.
a wheel that communicates motion; one of the large wheels of a locomotive to which the connecting rods of the engine are attached; -- called also, simply, driver. See Illust. of Locomotive.