Category:Shifting

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.