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Definition of raising
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Raising
(n.) The act of
lifting,
setting
up,
elevating,
exalting,
producing,
or
restoring
to
life..
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Kibble
::
Kibble
(n.) A large iron
bucket
used in
Cornwall
and Wales for
raising
ore out of
mines.
Windlass
::
Windlass
(n.) A
machine
for
raising
weights,
consisting
of a
horizontal
cylinder
or
roller
moving
on its axis, and
turned
by a
crank,
lever,
or
similar
means,
so as to wind up a rope or chain
attached
to the
weight.
In
vessels
the
windlass
is often used
instead
of the
capstan
for
raising
the
anchor.
It is
usually
set upon the
forecastle,
and is
worked
by hand or
steam..
Sedition
::
Sedition
(n.) The
raising
of
commotion
in a
state,
not
amounting
to
insurrection;
conduct
tending
to
treason,
but
without
an overt act;
excitement
of
discontent
against
the
government,
or of
resistance
to
lawful
authority..
Tympanum
::
Tympanum
(n.) A
drum-shaped
wheel with
spirally
curved
partitions
by which water is
raised
to the axis when the wheel
revolves
with the lower part of the
circumference
submerged,
-- used for
raising
water,
as for
irrigation..
Trispaston
::
Trispaston
(n.) A
machine
with three
pulleys
which act
together
for
raising
great
weights.
Crampoons
::
Crampoons
(n.) A
clutch
formed
of
hooked
pieces
of iron, like
double
calipers,
for
raising
stones,
lumber,
blocks
of ice, etc..
Jantu
::
"Jantu
(n.) A
machine
of great
antiquity,
used in
Bengal
for
raising
water to
irrigate
land..
Grab
::
Grab (n.) An
instrument
for
clutching
objects
for the
purpose
of
raising
them; --
specially
applied
to
devices
for
withdrawing
drills,
etc., from
artesian
and other wells that are
drilled,
bored,
or
driven..
Taxation
::
Taxation
(n.) The act of
laying
a tax, or of
imposing
taxes,
as on the
subjects
of a
state,
by
government,
or on the
members
of a
corporation
or
company,
by the
proper
authority;
the
raising
of
revenue;
also, a
system
of
raising
revenue..
Crane
::
Crane (n.) A
machine
for
raising
and
lowering
heavy
weights,
and, while
holding
them
suspended,
transporting
them
through
a
limited
lateral
distance.
In one form it
consists
of a
projecting
arm or jib of
timber
or iron, a
rotating
post or base, and the
necessary
tackle,
windlass,
etc.; -- so
called
from a
fancied
similarity
between
its arm and the neck of a crane See
Illust.
of
Derrick..
Raising
::
Raising
(n.) The act of
lifting,
setting
up,
elevating,
exalting,
producing,
or
restoring
to
life..
Trench
::
Trench
(v. t.) To
fortify
by
cutting
a
ditch,
and
raising
a
rampart
or
breastwork
with the earth
thrown
out of the
ditch;
to
intrench..
Lock
::
Lock (n.) An
inclosure
in a canal with gates at each end, used in
raising
or
lowering
boats as they pass from one level to
another;
--
called
also lift
lock..
Hacienda
::
Hacienda
(n.) A large
estate
where work of any kind is done, as
agriculture,
manufacturing,
mining,
or
raising
of
animals;
a
cultivated
farm, with a good
house,
in
distinction
from a
farming
establishment
with rude huts for
herdsmen,
etc.; -- a word used in
Spanish-American
regions..
Saucer
::
Saucer
(n.) A flat,
shallow
caisson
for
raising
sunken
ships..
Sublevation
::
Sublevation
(n.) The act of
raising
on high;
elevation.
Ballooning
::
Ballooning
(n.) The
process
of
temporarily
raising
the value of a
stock,
as by
fictitious
sales..
Overpraising
::
Overpraising
(n.) The act of
praising
unduly;
excessive
praise.
Culture
::
Culture
(n.) The act or
practice
of
cultivating,
or of
preparing
the earth for seed and
raising
crops by
tillage;
as, the
culture
of the
soil..
Elevation
::
Elevation
(n.) The act of
raising
from a lower
place,
condition,
or
quality
to a
higher;
-- said of
material
things,
persons,
the mind, the
voice,
etc.; as, the
elevation
of
grain;
elevation
to a
throne;
elevation
of mind,
thoughts,
or
character..
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