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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Shift :: Shift (v. t.) To divide; to distribute; to apportion.

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

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..

Shark :: Shark (v. i.) To live by shifts and stratagems.

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..

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

Veering :: Veering (a.) 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..

Palter :: Palter (v. i.) To act in insincere or deceitful manner; to play false; to equivocate; to shift; to dodge; to trifle.

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

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

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..

Tergiversation :: Tergiversation (n.) The act of tergiversating; a shifting; shift; subterfuge; evasion.

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