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

Prevaricate :: Prevaricate (v. i.) To shift or turn from one side to the other, from the direct course, or from truth; to speak with equivocation; to shuffle; to quibble; as, he prevaricates in his statement..

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..

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

Shuffle :: Shuffle (v. i.) To change one's position; to shift ground; to evade questions; to resort to equivocation; to prevaricate.

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

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

Chopping :: Chopping (a.) Shifting or changing suddenly, as the wind; also, having tumbling waves dashing against each other; as, a chopping sea..

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..

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

Faineant :: Faineant (a.) Doing nothing; shiftless.

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

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..

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

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

Shunt :: Shunt (v. t.) To turn off to one side; especially, to turn off, as a grain or a car upon a side track; to switch off; to shift..

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..

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

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