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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.

Shift :: Shift (v. t.) To change the clothing of; -- used reflexively.

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

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

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..

Pouch :: Pouch (n.) A bulkhead in the hold of a vessel, to prevent grain, etc., from shifting..

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

Shuffle :: Shuffle (v. i.) To change one's position; to shift ground; to evade questions; to resort to equivocation; to prevaricate.

Chop :: Chop (v. i.) To vary or shift suddenly; as, the wind chops about..

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

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

Tergiversate :: Tergiversate (v. i.) To shift; to practice evasion; to use subterfuges; to shuffle.

Shifter :: Shifter (n.) A wire for changing a loop from one needle to another, as in narrowing, etc..

Dodge :: Dodge (v. t.) To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place..

Shift :: 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..

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.

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

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..

Unshiftable :: Unshiftable (a.) Shiftless; helpless.

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