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Chop :: Chop (v. i.) To vary or shift suddenly; as, the wind chops about..

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..

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

Dodge :: Dodge (v. t.) To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place..

Apology :: Apology (n.) Anything provided as a substitute; a makeshift.

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

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

Quirk :: Quirk (n.) A sudden turn; a starting from the point or line; hence, an artful evasion or subterfuge; a shift; a quibble; as, the quirks of a pettifogger..

Unshiftable :: Unshiftable (a.) Shiftless; helpless.

Double :: Double (n.) A turn or circuit in running to escape pursues; hence, a trick; a shift; an artifice..

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

Veer :: Veer (v. i.) To change direction; to turn; to shift; as, wind veers to the west or north..

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.

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

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

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

Whiffle :: Whiffle (v. i.) To waver, or shake, as if moved by gusts of wind; to shift, turn, or veer about..

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

Sloop :: Sloop (n.) A vessel having one mast and fore-and-aft rig, consisting of a boom-and-gaff mainsail, jibs, staysail, and gaff topsail. The typical sloop has a fixed bowsprit, topmast, and standing rigging, while those of a cutter are capable of being readily shifted. The sloop usually carries a centerboard, and depends for stability upon breadth of beam rather than depth of keel. The two types have rapidly approximated since 1880. One radical distinction is that a slop may carry a centerboard. See

Switch :: Switch (v. t.) To shift to another circuit.

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