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Shift :: Shift (v. t.) The change of one set of workmen for another; hence, a spell, or turn, of work; also, a set of workmen who work in turn with other sets; as, a night shift..

Shiftless :: Shiftless (a.) Destitute of expedients, or not using successful expedients; characterized by failure, especially by failure to provide for one's own support, through negligence or incapacity; hence, lazy; improvident; thriftless; as, a shiftless fellow; shiftless management..

Makeshift :: Makeshift (n.) That with which one makes shift; a temporary expedient.

Shiftable :: Shiftable (a.) Admitting of being shifted.

Shift :: Shift (v. t.) To divide; to distribute; to apportion.

Dodge :: Dodge (v. t.) To evade by a sudden shift of place; to escape by starting aside; as, to dodge a blow aimed or a ball thrown..

Double :: Double (n.) A turn or circuit in running to escape pursues; hence, a trick; a shift; an artifice..

Caveating :: Caveating (n.) Shifting the sword from one side of an adversary's sword to the other.

Dodge :: Dodge (v. i.) To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile; to shift place by a sudden start..

Baffle :: Baffle (v. t.) To check by shifts and turns; to elude; to foil.

Machinist :: Machinist (n.) A person employed to shift scenery in a theater.

Tergiversate :: Tergiversate (v. i.) To shift; to practice evasion; to use subterfuges; to shuffle.

Pouch :: Pouch (n.) A bulkhead in the hold of a vessel, to prevent grain, etc., from shifting..

Unshiftable :: Unshiftable (a.) That may /ot be shifted.

Shifty :: Shifty (a.) Full of, or ready with, shifts; fertile in expedients or contrivance..

Sharking :: Sharking (n.) Petty rapine; trick; also, seeking a livelihood by shifts and dishonest devices..

Switched :: Switch (n.) A mechanical device for shifting an electric current to another circuit.

Lurch :: Lurch (v. i.) To dodge; to shift; to play tricks.

Prog :: Prog (v. i.) To wander about and beg; to seek food or other supplies by low arts; to seek for advantage by mean shift or tricks.

Roustabout :: Roustabout (n.) A laborer, especially a deck hand, on a river steamboat, who moves the cargo, loads and unloads wood, and the like; in an opprobrious sense, a shiftless vagrant who lives by chance jobs..

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