DRIVING, in the sea-language, is said of a ship, when an anchor being let fall will not hold her fast, nor prevent
Drogheda sent her sailing away with the wind or tide. The best help in this case is to let fall more anchors, or to veer out more cable; for the more cable she has out, the safer she rides. When a ship is a-hull, or a-try, they say, she drives to leeward.