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Netting :: Netting (n.) A network of ropes used for various purposes, as for holding the hammocks when not in use, also for stowing sails, and for hoisting from the gunwale to the rigging to hinder an enemy from boarding..

Derrick :: Derrick (n.) A mast, spar, or tall frame, supported at the top by stays or guys, with suitable tackle for hoisting heavy weights, as stones in building..

Lift :: Lift (n.) A hoisting machine; an elevator; a dumb waiter.

Sling :: Sling (v. t.) A loop of rope, or a rope or chain with hooks, for suspending a barrel, bale, or other heavy object, in hoisting or lowering..

Gantline :: Gantline (n.) A line rigged to a mast; -- used in hoisting rigging; a girtline.

Bucket :: Bucket (n.) A vessel (as a tub or scoop) for hoisting and conveying coal, ore, grain, etc..

Tug :: Tug (n.) An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed..

Drum :: Drum (n.) A cylinder on a revolving shaft, generally for the purpose of driving several pulleys, by means of belts or straps passing around its periphery; also, the barrel of a hoisting machine, on which the rope or chain is wound..

Skip :: Skip (n.) An iron bucket, which slides between guides, for hoisting mineral and rock..

Spandogs :: Spandogs (n. pl.) A pair of grappling dogs for hoisting logs and timber.

Log :: Log (n.) A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave.

Gin :: Gin (n.) A hoisting drum, usually vertical; a whim..

Lewisson :: Lewisson (n.) An iron dovetailed tenon, made in sections, which can be fitted into a dovetail mortise; -- used in hoisting large stones, etc..

Indicator :: Indicator (n.) A telltale connected with a hoisting machine, to show, at the surface, the position of the cage in the shaft of a mine, etc..

Hal''yard :: Hal'yard (v. t.) A rope or tackle for hoisting or lowering yards, sails, flags, etc..

Brakeman :: Brakeman (n.) The man in charge of the winding (or hoisting) engine for a mine.

Parbuckle :: Parbuckle (n.) A kind of purchase for hoisting or lowering a cylindrical burden, as a cask. The middle of a long rope is made fast aloft, and both parts are looped around the object, which rests in the loops, and rolls in them as the ends are hauled up or payed out..

Overwind :: Overwind (v. t.) To wind too tightly, as a spring, or too far, as a hoisting rope on a drum..

Hoist :: Hoist (n.) The act of hoisting; a lift.

Teagle :: Teagle (n.) A hoisting apparatus; an elevator; a crane; a lift.

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