Definition of Shifteng
Shift"ing, a. 1.
Changing in place, position, or direction; varying; variable;
fickle; as, shifting winds; shifting opinions or
principles.
2. Adapted or used for shifting
anything.
Shifting backstays (Naut.), temporary
stays that have to be let go whenever the vessel tacks or jibes.
-- Shifting ballast, ballast which may be moved
from one side of a vessel to another as safety requires. --
Shifting center. See Metacenter. --
Shifting locomotive. See Switching
engine, under Switch.
Shift"ing, a. 1.
Changing in place, position, or direction; varying; variable;
fickle; as, shifting winds; shifting opinions or
principles.
2. Adapted or used for shifting
anything.
Shifting backstays (Naut.), temporary
stays that have to be let go whenever the vessel tacks or jibes.
-- Shifting ballast, ballast which may be moved
from one side of a vessel to another as safety requires. --
Shifting center. See Metacenter. --
Shifting locomotive. See Switching
engine, under Switch.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
SHIFTING. Shuffling. Tricking. Shifting cove; i.e. a
person who lives by tricking.
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
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