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

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

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.) To put off or out of the way by some expedient.

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

Switch :: Switch (v. t.) To shift to another circuit.

Shack :: Shack (n.) A shiftless fellow; a low, itinerant beggar; a vagabond; a tramp..

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.

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..

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..

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..

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

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

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.) Something frequently shifted; especially, a woman's under-garment; a chemise..

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

Expedient :: Expedient (n.) Means devised in an exigency; shift.

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

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..

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