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Shunt :: Shunt (v. t.) The shifting of the studs on a projectile from the deep to the shallow sides of the grooves in its discharge from a shunt gun.

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

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.

Baffle :: Baffle (n.) A defeat by artifice, shifts, and turns; discomfiture..

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

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

Shiftable :: Shiftable (a.) Admitting of being shifted.

Makeshift :: Makeshift (n.) That with which one makes shift; a temporary expedient.

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

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

Chop :: Chop (v. i.) To vary or shift suddenly; as, the wind chops about..

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..

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

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

Dodge :: Dodge (v. i.) To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile; to shift place by a sudden start..

Shifted :: Shifted (imp. & p. p.) of Shif.

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

Put-off :: Put-off (n.) A shift for evasion or delay; an evasion; an excuse.

Baffle :: Baffle (v. t.) To check by shifts and turns; to elude; to foil.

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..

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