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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..

Variable :: Variable (n.) A shifting wind, or one that varies in force..

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

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..

Shuffle :: Shuffle (v. i.) To use arts or expedients; to make shift.

Unshiftable :: Unshiftable (a.) Shiftless; helpless.

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

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..

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..

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

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..

Lurch :: Lurch (v. i.) To dodge; to shift; to play tricks.

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

Shift :: Shift (v. t.) The act of shifting.

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..

Whiffle :: Whiffle (v. i.) To waver, or shake, as if moved by gusts of wind; to shift, turn, or veer about..

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

Shifter :: Shifter (n.) One who, or that which, shifts; one who plays tricks or practices artifice; a cozener..

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

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

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