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n.
The quality or state of being shifty.
n.
One who, or that which, shifts; one who plays tricks or practices artifice; a cozener.
adv.
In a shifting manner.
a.
Admitting of being shifted.
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.
imp. & p. p.
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a.
Full of, or ready with, shifts; fertile in expedients or contrivance.
n.
An arrangement for shifting a belt sidewise from one pulley to another.
v. i.
To change direction; to turn; to shift; as, wind veers to the west or north.
a.
Changing in place, position, or direction; varying; variable; fickle; as, shifting winds; shifting opinions or principles.
v. t.
The change of one set of workmen for another; hence, a spell, or turn, of work; also, a set of workmen who work in turn with other sets; as, a night shift.
v. t.
To exchange for another of the same class; to remove and to put some similar thing in its place; to change; as, to shift the clothes; to shift the scenes.
n.
An assistant to the ship's cook in washing, steeping, and shifting the salt provisions.
a.
Adapted or used for shifting anything.
v. t.
The act of shifting.
v. t.
To change the position of; to alter the bearings of; to turn; as, to shift the helm or sails.
a.
Shifting.
v. t.
Something frequently shifted; especially, a woman's under-garment; a chemise.
a.
Destitute of expedients, or not using successful expedients; characterized by failure, especially by failure to provide for one's own support, through negligence or incapacity; hence, lazy; improvident; thriftless; as, a shiftless fellow; shiftless management.
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