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

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..

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

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

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

Shift :: Shift (v. t.) The act of putting one thing in the place of another, or of changing the place of a thing; change; substitution..

Baffle :: Baffle (v. t.) To check by shifts and turns; to elude; to foil.

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

Shiftingly :: Shiftingly (adv.) In a shifting manner.

Shuffle :: Shuffle (v. i.) To change one's position; to shift ground; to evade questions; to resort to equivocation; to prevaricate.

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

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..

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..

Shopshift :: Shopshift (n.) The trick of a shopkeeper; deception.

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

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

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

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

Unshiftable :: Unshiftable (a.) That may /ot be shifted.

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

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