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Banco

Banco, means a seat or bench of justice, a tract of land cut off by the shifting of a river's course especially land that has become cut off in such a manner from the country

Sloop

has a fixed bowsprit topmast and standing rigging while those of a cutter are capable of being readily shifted The sloop usually carries a centerboard and depends for stability upon breadth of beam rather than depth of

Shifty

Full of or ready with shifts fertile in expedients or contrivance

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Shifter

One who or that which shifts one who plays tricks or practices artifice a cozener

Shiftable

Admitting of being shifted

Photochromoscope

A device for giving shifting effects of color to a photograph The unmounted print made translucent is illuminated from behind with colored light

massif

A block of the earths crust bounded by faults and shifted to form peaks of a mountain range

Lorrie

those used on the tramways in mines to carry coal or rubbish also a barrow or truck for shifting baggage as at railway stations

Go by

A passing without notice intentional neglect thrusting away a shifting off adieu as to give a proposal the go by

Undue influence

ceased, but that the donor was acting under independent advice. In the case of wills, the onus is shifted and the person alleging undue influence is called upon for proof of the allegation. For the general law

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