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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..

Shift :: Shift (v. t.) To change the place of; to move or remove from one place to another; as, to shift a burden from one shoulder to another; to shift the blame..

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

Expedient :: Expedient (n.) Means devised in an exigency; shift.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tack :: Tack (v. i.) To change the direction of a vessel by shifting the position of the helm and sails; also (as said of a vessel), to have her direction changed through the shifting of the helm and sails. See Tack, v. t., 4..

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

Sceneshifter :: Sceneshifter (n.) One who moves the scenes in a theater; a sceneman.

Apology :: Apology (n.) Anything provided as a substitute; a makeshift.

Smock :: Smock (n.) A woman's under-garment; a shift; a chemise.

Quibble :: Quibble (n.) A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil.

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

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

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..

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

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