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Veering :: Veering (a.) Shifting.

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

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..

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..

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.

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

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

Lorry :: Lorry (n.) A small cart or wagon, as those used on the tramways in mines to carry coal or rubbish; also, a barrow or truck for shifting baggage, as at railway stations..

Tergiversation :: Tergiversation (n.) The act of tergiversating; a shifting; shift; subterfuge; evasion.

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

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

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

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

Dodge :: Dodge (v. t.) To evade by a sudden shift of place; to escape by starting aside; as, to dodge a blow aimed or a ball thrown..

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..

Sharking :: Sharking (n.) Petty rapine; trick; also, seeking a livelihood by shifts and dishonest devices..

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

Shiftingly :: Shiftingly (adv.) In a shifting manner.

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..

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