One who, or that which, drives; the person or
thing that urges or compels anything else to move onward.
The person who drives beasts or a
carriage; a coachman; a charioteer, etc.; hence, also, one who
controls the movements of a locomotive.
An overseer of a gang of slaves or gang of
convicts at their work.
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:
The after sail in a ship or
bark, being a fore-and-aft sail attached to a gaff; a spanker.