Shunt

SHUNT

-verb

1. to turn or cause to turn to one side; move or be moved aside

2. (railways) . to transfer (rolling stock) from track to track

3. (electronics) . to divert or be diverted through a shunt

4. (trans.) to evade by putting off onto someone else

5. (trans.) (motor racing) (slang) . to crash (a car)

-noun

6. the act or an instance of shunting

7. a railway point

8. (electronics) . a low-resistance conductor connected in parallel across a device, circuit, or part of a circuit to provide an alternative path for a known fraction of the current

9. (medicine) . a channel that bypasses the normal circulation of the blood: a congenital abnormality or surgically induced

10. (British) (informal) . a collision which occurs when a vehicle runs into the back of the vehicle in front

A hoard to statues

Here now, somewhere else yesterday,

Shunted about through centuries

Looking for a home