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Shift :: Shift (v. t.) To put off or out of the way by some expedient.

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

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

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

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.

Jibe :: "Jibe (v. i.) To change a ship's course so as to cause a shifting of the boom. See Jibe, v. t., and Gybe..

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

Shifting :: Shifting (a.) Adapted or used for shifting anything.

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

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..

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

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

Modulation :: Modulation (n.) A change of key, whether transient, or until the music becomes established in the new key; a shifting of the tonality of a piece, so that the harmonies all center upon a new keynote or tonic; the art of transition out of the original key into one nearly related, and so on, it may be, by successive changes, into a key quite remote. There are also sudden and unprepared modulations..

Palter :: Palter (v. i.) To act in insincere or deceitful manner; to play false; to equivocate; to shift; to dodge; to trifle.

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

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