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

Quibble :: Quibble (n.) A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil.

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

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

Chicane :: Chicane (n.) To use shifts, cavils, or artifices..

Shifter :: Shifter (n.) An arrangement for shifting a belt sidewise from one pulley to another.

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

Dodge :: Dodge (v. i.) To evade a duty by low craft; to practice mean shifts; to use tricky devices; to play fast and loose; to quibble.

Shifter :: Shifter (n.) A wire for changing a loop from one needle to another, as in narrowing, etc..

Jibe :: "Jibe (v. i.) To change a ship's course so as to cause a shifting of the boom. See Jibe, v. t., and Gybe..

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..

Shifting :: Shifting (a.) Changing in place, position, or direction; varying; variable; fickle; as, shifting winds; shifting opinions or principles..

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..

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

Shirk :: Shirk (v. i.) To live by shifts and fraud; to shark.

Caveating :: Caveating (n.) Shifting the sword from one side of an adversary's sword to the other.

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

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

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..

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..

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