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Veering :: Veering (a.) Shifting.

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.

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..

Palter :: Palter (v. i.) To act in insincere or deceitful manner; to play false; to equivocate; to shift; to dodge; to trifle.

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

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..

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

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

Shifter :: Shifter (n.) A wire for changing a loop from one needle to another, as in narrowing, etc..

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

Tergiversate :: Tergiversate (v. i.) To shift; to practice evasion; to use subterfuges; to shuffle.

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

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

Shifty :: Shifty (a.) Full of, or ready with, shifts; fertile in expedients or contrivance..

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

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

Quibble :: Quibble (n.) A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil.

Quirk :: Quirk (n.) A sudden turn; a starting from the point or line; hence, an artful evasion or subterfuge; a shift; a quibble; as, the quirks of a pettifogger..

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

Doubling :: Doubling (n.) A turning and winding; as, the doubling of a hunted hare; shift; trick; artifice..

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