Vocabulary : Shieling to Shiftless
Shieling : A hut or shelter for shepherds of fishers. See Sheeling.Shiff : To divide; to distribute. ;; To make a change or changes; to change position; to move; to veer; to substitute one thing for another; -- used in the various senses of the transitive verb. ;; To resort to expedients for accomplishing a purpose; to contrive; to manage. ;; To practice indirect or evasive methods. ;; To slip to one side of a ship, so as to destroy the equilibrum; -- said of ballast or cargo; as, the cargo shifted.
Shift : To divide; to distribute; to apportion. ;; 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. ;; To change the position of; to alter the bearings of; to turn; as, to shift the helm or sails. ;; 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. ;; To change the clothing of; -- used reflexively. ;; To put off or out of the way by some expedient. ;; The act of shifting. ;; The act of putting one thing in the place of another, or of changing the place of a thing; change; substitution. ;; Something frequently shifted; especially, a woman's under-garment; a chemise. ;; 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. ;; In building, the extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc., that are
Shiftable : Admitting of being shifted.
Shifted : of Shift
