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Definition of shift
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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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Doubling
::
Doubling
(n.) A
turning
and
winding;
as, the
doubling
of a
hunted
hare;
shift;
trick;
artifice..
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
Dodge
::
Dodge (v. t.) To
follow
by
dodging,
or
suddenly
shifting
from place to
place..
Thimblerig
::
Thimblerig
(v. t.) To
swindle
by means of small cups or
thimbles,
and a pea or small ball
placed
under one of them and
quickly
shifted
to
another,
the
victim
laying
a wager that he knows under which cup it is;
hence,
to cheat by any
trick..
Shifted
::
Shifted
(imp. & p. p.) of Shif.
Shiftingly
::
Shiftingly
(adv.)
In a
shifting
manner.
Shuffle
::
Shuffle
(v. i.) To
change
one's
position;
to shift
ground;
to evade
questions;
to
resort
to
equivocation;
to
prevaricate.
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..
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.
Baffle
::
Baffle
(n.) A
defeat
by
artifice,
shifts,
and
turns;
discomfiture..
Lorry
::
Lorry (n.) A small cart or
wagon,
as those used on the
tramways
in mines to carry coal or
rubbish;
also, a
barrow
or truck for
shifting
baggage,
as at
railway
stations..
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..
Shiff
::
Shiff (v. i.) To slip to one side of a ship, so as to
destroy
the
equilibrum;
-- said of
ballast
or
cargo;
as, the cargo
shifted..
Palter
::
Palter
(v. i.) To act in
insincere
or
deceitful
manner;
to play
false;
to
equivocate;
to
shift;
to
dodge;
to
trifle.
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..
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..
Shunt
::
Shunt (v. t.) To turn off to one side;
especially,
to turn off, as a grain or a car upon a side
track;
to
switch
off; to
shift..
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..
Shifter
::
Shifter
(n.) An
assistant
to the
ship's
cook in
washing,
steeping,
and
shifting
the salt
provisions..
Switch
::
Switch
(v. t.) To shift to
another
circuit.
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