Etymology of shim

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      "pos": "verb",
      "glosses": [
        "To fit one or more shims to a piece of machinery or other assembly; to adjust (something) by using shims.",
        "To adjust the homogeneity of a magnetic field (after the mechanical devices once used for the purpose).",
        "To intercept and modify calls to (an API), usually for compatibility purposes.",
        "To attack a point-of-sale card reader with a shim."
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      "pos": "noun",
      "glosses": [
        "A wedge.",
        "A thin piece of material, sometimes tapered, used for alignment or support.",
        "A small library that transparently intercepts and modifies calls to an API, usually for compatibility purposes.",
        "A kind of shallowly cutting plow used in tillage to break the ground and clear it of weeds."
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        "2": "she",
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      "expansion": "Blend of she + him"
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      "she",
      "she#English"
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      "him#English"
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      "pos": "noun",
      "glosses": [
        "A transsexual person, especially a trans woman; (loosely) a drag queen or transvestite.",
        "A person characterised by both male and female traits, or by ambiguous male-female traits; a hermaphrodite."
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