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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.

Switch :: Switch (v. t.) To shift to another circuit.

Sloop :: Sloop (n.) A vessel having one mast and fore-and-aft rig, consisting of a boom-and-gaff mainsail, jibs, staysail, and gaff topsail. The typical sloop has a fixed bowsprit, topmast, and standing rigging, while those of a cutter are capable of being readily shifted. The sloop usually carries a centerboard, and depends for stability upon breadth of beam rather than depth of keel. The two types have rapidly approximated since 1880. One radical distinction is that a slop may carry a centerboard. See

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

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..

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

Shifted :: Shifted (imp. & p. p.) of Shif.

Mucker :: Mucker (v. t.) To scrape together, as money, by mean labor or shifts..

Veer :: Veer (v. i.) To change direction; to turn; to shift; as, wind veers to the west or north..

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

Palter :: Palter (v. i.) To act in insincere or deceitful manner; to play false; to equivocate; to shift; to dodge; to trifle.

Thimblerig :: Thimblerig (v. t.) To swindle by means of small cups or thimbles, and a pea or small ball placed under one of them and quickly shifted to another, the victim laying a wager that he knows under which cup it is; hence, to cheat by any trick..

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

Prevaricate :: Prevaricate (v. i.) To shift or turn from one side to the other, from the direct course, or from truth; to speak with equivocation; to shuffle; to quibble; as, he prevaricates in his statement..

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

Double :: Double (n.) A turn or circuit in running to escape pursues; hence, a trick; a shift; an artifice..

Shifty :: Shifty (a.) Full of, or ready with, shifts; fertile in expedients or contrivance..

Shifting :: Shifting (a.) Changing in place, position, or direction; varying; variable; fickle; as, shifting winds; shifting opinions or principles..

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

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

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