liner vs shim

liner

noun
  • A removable cover or lining 

  • Someone who fits a lining to something. 

  • Something with a specified number of lines. 

  • A ship of the line. 

  • person born in a certain year (XX liner); person who belongs to a certain line 

  • A large passenger-carrying ship, especially one on a regular route; an ocean liner. 

  • A basic salesperson. 

  • A line drive. 

  • A slab on which small pieces of marble, tile, etc., are fastened for grinding. 

  • The pamphlet which is contained inside an album of music or movie 

  • A formal no show sock. 

  • A lining within the cylinder of a steam engine, in which the piston works and between which and the outer shell of the cylinder a space is left to form a steam jacket. 

shim

noun
  • 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 shallow plow used in tillage to break the ground and clear it of weeds. 

  • A small metal device used to pick open a lock. 

  • A person characterised by both male and female traits, or by ambiguous male-female traits; a hermaphrodite. 

  • A wedge. 

  • A transsexual person, especially a trans woman; (loosely) a drag queen or transvestite. 

verb
  • To fit one or more shims to a piece of machinery. 

  • To adjust the homogeneity of a magnetic field, after the mechanical devices once used for the purpose. 

  • To adjust something by using shims. 

  • To intercept and modify calls to (an API), usually for compatibility purposes. 

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