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Definitions for: Hoist
[n] lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects
[v] raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"
[v] raise, as of flags or sails
[v] move from one place to another by lifting; "They hoisted the patient onto the operating table"
Webster (1913) Definition: Hoist, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hoisted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Hoisting.] [OE. hoise, hyse, OD. hyssen, D. hijshen; akin
to LG. hissen, Dan. hisse, Sw. hissa.]
To raise; to lift; to elevate; esp., to raise or lift to a
desired elevation, by means of tackle, as a sail, a flag, a
heavy package or weight.
They land my goods, and hoist my flying sails. --Pope.
Hoisting him into his father's throne. --South.
Hoisting engine, a steam engine for operating a hoist.
Hoist, n.
1. That by which anything is hoisted; the apparatus for
lifting goods.
2. The act of hoisting; a lift. [Collog.]
3. (Naut.)
(a) The perpendicular height of a flag, as opposed to the
fly, or horizontal length when flying from a staff.
(b) The height of a fore-and-aft sail next the mast or
stay. --Totten.
Hoist bridge, a drawbridge that is lifted instead of being
swung or drawn aside.
Hoist, p. p.
Hoisted. [Obs.]
'T is the sport to have the enginer Hoist with his own
petar. --Shak.
Synonyms: lift, run up, wind
See Also: block and tackle, bring up, elevate, get up, headgear, lifting device, raise, trice, trice up, wheel and axle
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