What is to slip to one side of a ship, so as to destroy the equilibrum; -- said of ballast or cargo; as, the cargo shifted called?
shift — (Naut.) To slip to one side of a ship, so as to destroy the equilibrum; -- said of ballast or cargo; as, the cargo shifted. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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