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

Put-off :: Put-off (n.) A shift for evasion or delay; an evasion; an excuse.

Shift :: Shift (v. t.) The act of shifting.

Shift :: Shift (v. t.) A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault.

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..

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

Shifter :: Shifter (n.) One who, or that which, shifts; one who plays tricks or practices artifice; a cozener..

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..

Shirk :: Shirk (v. i.) To live by shifts and fraud; to shark.

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..

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

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

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

Lorry :: Lorry (n.) A small cart or wagon, as those used on the tramways in mines to carry coal or rubbish; also, a barrow or truck for shifting baggage, as at railway stations..

Shift :: Shift (v. t.) In building, the extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc., that are placed in courses so as to break joints..

Shift :: Shift (v. t.) To change the clothing of; -- used reflexively.

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

Shift :: Shift (v. t.) To change the place of; to move or remove from one place to another; as, to shift a burden from one shoulder to another; to shift the blame..

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

Quibble :: Quibble (n.) A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil.

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