Definition of shift

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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..

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Dodge :: Dodge (v. t.) To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place..
Shiftable :: Shiftable (a.) Admitting of being shifted.
Shifted :: Shifted (imp. & p. p.) of Shif.
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..
Scene :: Scene (n.) The decorations and fittings of a stage, representing the place in which the action is supposed to go on; one of the slides, or other devices, used to give an appearance of reality to the action of a play; as, to paint scenes; to shift the scenes; to go behind the scenes..
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.
Shift :: Shift (v. t.) To change the clothing of; -- used reflexively.
Jibe :: "Jibe (v. i.) To shift, as the boom of a fore-and-aft sail, from one side of a vessel to the other when the wind is aft or on the quarter. See Gybe..
Sharking :: Sharking (n.) Petty rapine; trick; also, seeking a livelihood by shifts and dishonest devices..
Shark :: Shark (v. i.) To live by shifts and stratagems.
Caveating :: Caveating (n.) Shifting the sword from one side of an adversary's sword to the other.
Expedient :: Expedient (n.) Means devised in an exigency; shift.
Machinist :: Machinist (n.) A person employed to shift scenery in a theater.
Shift :: Shift (v. t.) The act of shifting.
Pouch :: Pouch (n.) A bulkhead in the hold of a vessel, to prevent grain, etc., from shifting..
Veer :: Veer (v. i.) To change direction; to turn; to shift; as, wind veers to the west or north..
Shiftingly :: Shiftingly (adv.) In a shifting manner.
Double :: Double (n.) A turn or circuit in running to escape pursues; hence, a trick; a shift; an artifice..
Shifter :: Shifter (n.) An arrangement for shifting a belt sidewise from one pulley to another.
Shift :: Shift (v. t.) The act of putting one thing in the place of another, or of changing the place of a thing; change; substitution..
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