Resource, remedy, means of helping or extricating oneself, shift; also, expedient, device, shiftiness.

An act or the action of resorting or turning to (also †unto) a person or thing for help, advice, protection, etc.

Something to which a person has recourse; an expedient, a measure. In early use also as a mass noun. Cf. last resort, n.

A way or means of obtaining shelter, protection, aid, etc.; an expedient, a resort. Obsolete.

Available means of effecting an end. Often in phrase (to have) no other shift. Obsolete exc. dialect.

= recourse, n.1 1.

A thing or means to which one may have recourse; a refuge; a resort. Obsolete.