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121packing and cracking — n. Techniques used to redraw electoral boundaries to favor one political party over another. Example Citations: Throughout Florida packing and cracking have helped the Republicans to gain an eleven seat majority in the state s congressional… …
122To shift off — Shift Shift (sh[i^]ft), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shifted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shifting}.] [OE. shiften, schiften, to divide, change, remove. AS. sciftan to divide; akin to LG. & D. schiften to divide, distinguish, part Icel. skipta to divide, to part,… …
123To shift the scene — Shift Shift (sh[i^]ft), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shifted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shifting}.] [OE. shiften, schiften, to divide, change, remove. AS. sciftan to divide; akin to LG. & D. schiften to divide, distinguish, part Icel. skipta to divide, to part,… …
124To make shift — Shift Shift, n. [Cf. Icel. skipti. See {Shift}, v. t.] 1. The act of shifting. Specifically: (a) The act of putting one thing in the place of another, or of changing the place of a thing; change; substitution. [1913 Webster] My going to Oxford… …
125Direct-Shift Gearbox — Transmission types Manual Sequential manual Non synchronous Preselector Automatic Manumatic Semi automatic Electrohydraulic Dual …
126BlazBlue: Continuum Shift — Promo Poster of BlazBlue: Continuum Shift featuring (clockwise from left) Tsubaki, Noel, Hazama/Terumi, Ragna and Jin. Developer(s) Arc System Works …
127Need for Speed: Shift — Developer(s) Slightly Mad Studios EA Bright Light (PSP) Publisher(s) Electronic Arts …
128Great Vowel Shift — The Great Vowel Shift was a major change in the pronunciation of the English language that took place in England between 1350 and 1500.[1] The Great Vowel Shift was first studied by Otto Jespersen (1860–1943), a Danish linguist and Anglicist, who …
