What is to divide; to distribute. [Obs.] Some this, some that, as that him liketh shift. Chaucer called?
shift — To divide; to distribute. [Obs.] Some this, some that, as that him liketh shift. Chaucer. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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