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Shift :: Shift (v. t.) A change of the position of the hand on the finger board, in playing the violin..

Shirk :: Shirk (n.) One who lives by shifts and tricks; one who avoids the performance of duty or labor.

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..

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

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

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

Shift :: Shift (v. t.) Something frequently shifted; especially, a woman's under-garment; a chemise..

Windlass :: Windlass (n.) A winding and circuitous way; a roundabout course; a shift.

Gybe :: Gybe (v. t. & i.) To shift from one side of a vessel to the other; -- said of the boom of a fore-and-aft sail when the vessel is steered off the wind until the sail fills on the opposite side.

Parry :: Parry (v. t.) To avoid; to shift or put off; to evade.

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

Dodge :: Dodge (v. t.) To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place..

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..

Subterrane :: Subterfuge (n.) That to which one resorts for escape or concealment; an artifice employed to escape censure or the force of an argument, or to justify opinions or conduct; a shift; an evasion..

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..

Shirk :: Shirk (v. i.) To live by shifts and fraud; to shark.

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

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

Prog :: Prog (v. i.) To wander about and beg; to seek food or other supplies by low arts; to seek for advantage by mean shift or tricks.

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

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