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

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.

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

Shift :: Shift (v. t.) The act of shifting.

Shift :: Shift (v. t.) To divide; to distribute; to apportion.

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

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..

Tack :: Tack (v. t.) To change the direction of (a vessel) when sailing closehauled, by putting the helm alee and shifting the tacks and sails so that she will proceed to windward nearly at right angles to her former course..

Shunt :: Shunt (v. t.) To turn off to one side; especially, to turn off, as a grain or a car upon a side track; to switch off; to shift..

Put-off :: Put-off (n.) A shift for evasion or delay; an evasion; an excuse.

Chicane :: Chicane (n.) To use shifts, cavils, or artifices..

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

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..

Shiftiness :: Shiftiness (n.) The quality or state of being shifty.

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..

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

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

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

Shift :: Shift (v. t.) Something frequently shifted; especially, a woman's under-garment; a chemise..

Parry :: Parry (v. t.) To avoid; to shift or put off; to evade.

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