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

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

Subterrane :: Subterfuge (n.) That to which one resorts for escape or concealment; an artifice employed to escape censure or the force of an argument, or to justify opinions or conduct; a shift; an evasion..

Sharking :: Sharking (n.) Petty rapine; trick; also, seeking a livelihood by shifts and dishonest devices..

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..

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

Shifting :: Shifting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shif.

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

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

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

Shift :: Shift (v. t.) To put off or out of the way by some expedient.

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..

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..

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

Veer :: Veer (v. i.) To change direction; to turn; to shift; as, wind veers to the west or north..

Jibe :: "Jibe (v. i.) To shift, as the boom of a fore-and-aft sail, from one side of a vessel to the other when the wind is aft or on the quarter. See Gybe..

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..

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..

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

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..

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