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Switch :: Switch (v. t.) To shift to another circuit.

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

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

Variable :: Variable (n.) A shifting wind, or one that varies in force..

Dodge :: Dodge (v. t.) To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place..

Shunt :: Shunt (v. t.) The shifting of the studs on a projectile from the deep to the shallow sides of the grooves in its discharge from a shunt gun.

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

Parry :: Parry (v. t.) To avoid; to shift or put off; to evade.

Shifter :: Shifter (n.) An arrangement for shifting a belt sidewise from one pulley to another.

Shift :: Shift (v. t.) The act of putting one thing in the place of another, or of changing the place of a thing; change; substitution..

Shift :: Shift (v. t.) To change the position of; to alter the bearings of; to turn; as, to shift the helm or sails..

Thimblerig :: Thimblerig (v. t.) To swindle by means of small cups or thimbles, and a pea or small ball placed under one of them and quickly shifted to another, the victim laying a wager that he knows under which cup it is; hence, to cheat by any trick..

Sloop :: Sloop (n.) A vessel having one mast and fore-and-aft rig, consisting of a boom-and-gaff mainsail, jibs, staysail, and gaff topsail. The typical sloop has a fixed bowsprit, topmast, and standing rigging, while those of a cutter are capable of being readily shifted. The sloop usually carries a centerboard, and depends for stability upon breadth of beam rather than depth of keel. The two types have rapidly approximated since 1880. One radical distinction is that a slop may carry a centerboard. See

Sceneshifter :: Sceneshifter (n.) One who moves the scenes in a theater; a sceneman.

Go-by :: Go-by (n.) A passing without notice; intentional neglect; thrusting away; a shifting off; adieu; as, to give a proposal the go-by..

Chemise :: Chemise (n.) A shift, or undergarment, worn by women..

Expedient :: Expedient (n.) Means devised in an exigency; shift.

Shopshift :: Shopshift (n.) The trick of a shopkeeper; deception.

Shuffle :: Shuffle (v. i.) To use arts or expedients; to make shift.

Apology :: Apology (n.) Anything provided as a substitute; a makeshift.

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