1. Noun
One who, or that which, shifts; one who plays tricks or practices artifice; a cozener.
2. Noun
An assistant to the ship's cook in washing, steeping, and shifting the salt provisions.
3. Noun
An arrangement for shifting a belt sidewise from one pulley to another.
4. Noun
A wire for changing a loop from one needle to another, as in narrowing, etc.
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