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Prevaricate :: Prevaricate (v. i.) To shift or turn from one side to the other, from the direct course, or from truth; to speak with equivocation; to shuffle; to quibble; as, he prevaricates in his statement..

Shift :: Shift (v. t.) The change of one set of workmen for another; hence, a spell, or turn, of work; also, a set of workmen who work in turn with other sets; as, a night shift..

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

Prog :: Prog (v. i.) To wander about and beg; to seek food or other supplies by low arts; to seek for advantage by mean shift or tricks.

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..

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

Smock :: Smock (n.) A woman's under-garment; a shift; a chemise.

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

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

Shiftingly :: Shiftingly (adv.) In a shifting manner.

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

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

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

Shifter :: Shifter (n.) An assistant to the ship's cook in washing, steeping, and shifting the salt provisions..

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

Fend :: Fend (v. i.) To act on the defensive, or in opposition; to resist; to parry; to shift off..

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

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.

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

Chopping :: Chopping (a.) Shifting or changing suddenly, as the wind; also, having tumbling waves dashing against each other; as, a chopping sea..

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