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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..

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

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..

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..

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

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

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

Shifting :: Shifting (a.) Adapted or used for shifting anything.

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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..

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..

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

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

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

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