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

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

To adjust something by using shims.

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

A person characterised by both male and female traits, or by ambiguous male-female traits, also called a he-she; transsexual.

Hermaphrodite.