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

Shifter :: Shifter (n.) An assistant to the ship's cook in washing, steeping, and shifting the salt provisions..

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

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

Shiftless :: Shiftless (a.) Destitute of expedients, or not using successful expedients; characterized by failure, especially by failure to provide for one's own support, through negligence or incapacity; hence, lazy; improvident; thriftless; as, a shiftless fellow; shiftless management..

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

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

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.

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..

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..

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

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..

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..

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

Tack :: Tack (v. t.) To change the direction of (a vessel) when sailing closehauled, by putting the helm alee and shifting the tacks and sails so that she will proceed to windward nearly at right angles to her former course..

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..

Dodge :: Dodge (v. t.) To evade by a sudden shift of place; to escape by starting aside; as, to dodge a blow aimed or a ball thrown..

Smock :: Smock (n.) A woman's under-garment; a shift; a chemise.

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

Shirk :: Shirk (n.) One who lives by shifts and tricks; one who avoids the performance of duty or labor.

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