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Webster 1913 Edition


Shuffling

Shuf′fling

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Adj.
1.
Moving with a dragging, scraping step.
“A shuffling nag.”
Shak.
2.
Evasive;
as, a
shuffling
excuse
.
T. Burnet.

Shuf′fling

,
Verb.
In a shuffling manner.

Webster 1828 Edition


Shuffling

SHUF'FLING

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ppr.
1. Moving by little shoves one way an the other; changing the places of cards; prevaricating; evading; playing tricks.
2. a. Evasive; as a shuffling excuse.

SHUF'FLING

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Noun.
1. The act of throwing into confusion, or of changing the relative position of things by shoving or motion.
2. Trick; artifice; evasion.
3. An irregular gait.