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Shack :: Shack (n.) A shiftless fellow; a low, itinerant beggar; a vagabond; a tramp..

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

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

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

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..

Shift :: Shift (v. t.) To change the clothing of; -- used reflexively.

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

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

Fend :: Fend (v. i.) To act on the defensive, or in opposition; to resist; to parry; to shift off..

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

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

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

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..

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

Pouch :: Pouch (n.) A bulkhead in the hold of a vessel, to prevent grain, etc., from shifting..

Shift :: Shift (v. t.) In building, the extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc., that are placed in courses so as to break joints..

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..

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

Dodge :: Dodge (v. i.) To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile; to shift place by a sudden start..

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

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