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Shifter

noun

A stagehand responsible for moving scenery. Synonym: sceneshifter.

A mechanical device for engaging and disengaging gears. Synonyms: gear lever, gearshift, gearstick.

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"Shifter" Quotes from Famous Books

... shipwrecks in the latter part of the nineteenth century disquieting revelations took place showing how savagely bitter was the feeling of the stoke-hole towards the first saloon. As soon as the mechanical fuel-shifter has been adopted, and the boilers have been properly insulated in order to prevent the overheating of the stoke-hole, the stoker will be raised to the rank of a secondary engineer, and his work will cease to be looked upon as in any ...

— Twentieth Century Inventions - A Forecast • George Sutherland

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... SHIFTER. A person formerly appointed to assist the ship's cook in washing, steeping, and shifting the salt provisions; so called from having to change the water ...

— The Sailor's Word-Book • William Henry Smyth

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... me grudging thanks for it when there came a hurried knock at the door. The next moment Theodore poked his ugly face into the room. He, too, had taken the precaution of assuming an excellent disguise—peaked cap set aslant over one eye, grimy face, the blouse of a scene-shifter. ...

— Castles in the Air • Baroness Emmuska Orczy

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Words linked to "Shifter" : sceneshifter, motor vehicle, mechanical device, gearstick, shift, gear lever, stagehand, stage technician, automotive vehicle