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

Shifting :: Shifting (a.) Adapted or used for shifting anything.

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

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

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..

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

Shift :: Shift (v. t.) To exchange for another of the same class; to remove and to put some similar thing in its place; to change; as, to shift the clothes; to shift the scenes..

Chemise :: Chemise (n.) A shift, or undergarment, worn by women..

Modulation :: Modulation (n.) A change of key, whether transient, or until the music becomes established in the new key; a shifting of the tonality of a piece, so that the harmonies all center upon a new keynote or tonic; the art of transition out of the original key into one nearly related, and so on, it may be, by successive changes, into a key quite remote. There are also sudden and unprepared modulations..

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

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

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

Shunt :: Shunt (v. t.) The shifting of the studs on a projectile from the deep to the shallow sides of the grooves in its discharge from a shunt gun.

Switched :: Switch (n.) A mechanical device for shifting an electric current to another circuit.

Shiftiness :: Shiftiness (n.) The quality or state of being shifty.

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

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

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..

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

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.

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