Meaning of HOIST
| Pronunciation: | | hoyst
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | lift, run up, wind |
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| | See Also: | | block and tackle, bring up, elevate, get up, headgear, lifting device, raise, trice, trice up, wheel and axle | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
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