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Webster 1913 Edition
Shirk
Shirk
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Shirked
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Shirking
.] 1.
To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation.
You that never heard the call of any vocation, . . . that
shirk
living from others, but time from Yourselves. Bp. Rainbow.
2.
To avoid; to escape; to neglect; – implying unfaithfulness or fraud;
as, to
. shirk
dutyThe usual makeshift by which they try to
shirk
difficulties. Hare.
Shirk
,Verb.
I.
1.
To live by shifts and fraud; to shark.
2.
To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away.
One of the cities
shirked
from the league. Byron.
Shirk
,Noun.
One who lives by shifts and tricks; one who avoids the performance of duty or labor.