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Fend :: Fend (v. i.) To act on the defensive, or in opposition; to resist; to parry; to shift off..

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..

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

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

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

Baffle :: Baffle (n.) A defeat by artifice, shifts, and turns; discomfiture..

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

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..

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..

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

Shiff :: Shiff (v. i.) To slip to one side of a ship, so as to destroy the equilibrum; -- said of ballast or cargo; as, the cargo shifted..

Lurch :: Lurch (v. i.) To dodge; to shift; to play tricks.

Ease :: Ease (n.) To release from pressure or restraint; to move gently; to lift slightly; to shift a little; as, to ease a bar or nut in machinery..

Windlass :: Windlass (n.) A winding and circuitous way; a roundabout course; a shift.

Shiftiness :: Shiftiness (n.) The quality or state of being shifty.

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

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

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