SHUNLESS
Shun"less, a.
Defn: Not to be shunned; inevitable; unavoidable. [R.] "Shunless destiny." Shak.
SHUNT
Shunt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shunted; p. pr. & vb. n. Shunting.] Etym:
[Prov. E., to move from, to put off, fr. OE. shunten, schunten,
schounten; cf. D. schuinte a slant, slope, Icel. skunda to hasten.
Cf. Shun.]
1. To shun; to move from. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
2. To cause to move suddenly; to give a sudden start to; to shove. [Obs. or Prov.Eng.] Ash.
3. To turn off to one side; especially, to turn off, as a grain or a car upon a side track; to switch off; to shift. For shunting your late partner on to me. T. Hughes.
4. (Elec.)
Defn: To provide with a shunt; as, to shunt a galvanometer.
SHUNT
Shunt, v. i.
Defn: To go aside; to turn off.