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

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..

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

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

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

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.

Parry :: Parry (v. t.) To avoid; to shift or put off; to evade.

Shift :: Shift (v. t.) The act of putting one thing in the place of another, or of changing the place of a thing; change; substitution..

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.

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

Unshiftable :: Unshiftable (a.) That may /ot be shifted.

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

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

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

Doubling :: Doubling (n.) A turning and winding; as, the doubling of a hunted hare; shift; trick; artifice..

Shifting :: Shifting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shif.

Core :: Core (n.) A miner's underground working time or shift.

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

Shift :: Shift (v. t.) A change of the position of the hand on the finger board, in playing the violin..

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

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