01 n. One who, or that which, shifts; one who plays tricks or practices artifice; a cozener.
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One who, or that which, shifts; one who plays tricks or practices artifice; a cozener.“'T was such a shifter that, if truth were known, Death was half glad when he had got him down.” — Milton.
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An assistant to the ship's cook in washing, steeping, and shifting the salt provisions.(Naut.)
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An arrangement for shifting a belt sidewise from one pulley to another.(Mach.)
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A foreman responsible for the work on one shift in one area, as in one heading{4}.(construction, tunneling)