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Gybe :: Gybe (v. t. & i.) To shift from one side of a vessel to the other; -- said of the boom of a fore-and-aft sail when the vessel is steered off the wind until the sail fills on the opposite side.

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

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

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

Jibe :: "Jibe (v. i.) To shift, as the boom of a fore-and-aft sail, from one side of a vessel to the other when the wind is aft or on the quarter. See Gybe..

Shifting :: Shifting (a.) Changing in place, position, or direction; varying; variable; fickle; as, shifting winds; shifting opinions or principles..

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..

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

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

Mucker :: Mucker (v. t.) To scrape together, as money, by mean labor or shifts..

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

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.

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.

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

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.) Something frequently shifted; especially, a woman's under-garment; a chemise..

Whiffler :: Whiffler (n.) One who whiffles, or frequently changes his opinion or course; one who uses shifts and evasions in argument; hence, a trifler..

Shack :: Shack (n.) A shiftless fellow; a low, itinerant beggar; a vagabond; a tramp..

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