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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..

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..

Core :: Core (n.) A miner's underground working time or shift.

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..

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

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

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

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.

Chemise :: Chemise (n.) A shift, or undergarment, worn by women..

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..

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

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

Shift :: Shift (v. t.) A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault.

Sceneshifter :: Sceneshifter (n.) One who moves the scenes in a theater; a sceneman.

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

Machinist :: Machinist (n.) A person employed to shift scenery in a theater.

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

Shifting :: Shifting (a.) Adapted or used for shifting anything.

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