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

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..

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..

Whiffle :: Whiffle (v. i.) To waver, or shake, as if moved by gusts of wind; to shift, turn, or veer about..

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

Shuffle :: Shuffle (v. i.) To use arts or expedients; to make shift.

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..

Makeshift :: Makeshift (n.) That with which one makes shift; a temporary expedient.

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

Shark :: Shark (v. i.) To live by shifts and stratagems.

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..

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

Shifting :: Shifting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shif.

Gybe :: Gybe (v. t. & i.) To shift from one side of a vessel to the other; -- said of the boom of a fore-and-aft sail when the vessel is steered off the wind until the sail fills on the opposite side.

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

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

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

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..

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

Mucker :: Mucker (v. t.) To scrape together, as money, by mean labor or shifts..

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