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Shifter [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. One that shifts; the person that plays tricks or practices artifice.

2. In ships , a person employed to assist the ship's cook in washing, steeping and shifting the salt provisions.

Shifter [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. One who, or that which, shifts; one who plays tricks or practices artifice; a cozener.

2. An assistant to the ship's cook in washing, steeping, and shifting the salt provisions.

3. An arrangement for shifting a belt sidewise from one pulley to another.

4. A wire for changing a loop from one needle to another, as in narrowing, etc.