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

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..

Chopping :: Chopping (a.) Shifting or changing suddenly, as the wind; also, having tumbling waves dashing against each other; as, a chopping sea..

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..

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

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

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..

Core :: Core (n.) A miner's underground working time or shift.

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..

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

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

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..

Shiftable :: Shiftable (a.) Admitting of being shifted.

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

Dodge :: Dodge (v. i.) To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile; to shift place by a sudden start..

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..

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

Baffle :: Baffle (v. t.) To check by shifts and turns; to elude; to foil.

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

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

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