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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..

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..

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

Shift :: Shift (v. t.) Something frequently shifted; especially, a woman's under-garment; a chemise..

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..

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

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

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

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

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..

Tack :: Tack (v. i.) To change the direction of a vessel by shifting the position of the helm and sails; also (as said of a vessel), to have her direction changed through the shifting of the helm and sails. See Tack, v. t., 4..

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

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

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

Shopshift :: Shopshift (n.) The trick of a shopkeeper; deception.

Roustabout :: Roustabout (n.) A laborer, especially a deck hand, on a river steamboat, who moves the cargo, loads and unloads wood, and the like; in an opprobrious sense, a shiftless vagrant who lives by chance jobs..

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

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

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..

Shift :: Shift (v. t.) To change the position of; to alter the bearings of; to turn; as, to shift the helm or sails..

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