As it were to ride day and night; and . . . not to have patience to
shift me.
Shak.
6. To put off or out of the way by some expedient. "I shifted him
away." Shak.
To shift off, to delay; to defer; to put off; to lay aside. -- To shift
the scene, to change the locality or the surroundings, as in a play or
a story.
Shift the scene for half an hour; Time and place are in thy power.
Swift.