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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..

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..

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

Glossocomon :: Glossocomon (n.) A kind of hoisting winch.

Top-rope :: Top-rope (n.) A rope used for hoisting and lowering a topmast, and for other purposes..

Outrigger :: Outrigger (n.) Any spar or projecting timber run out for temporary use, as from a ship's mast, to hold a rope or a sail extended, or from a building, to support hoisting teckle..

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

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

Chockablock :: Chockablock (a.) Hoisted as high as the tackle will admit; brought close together, as the two blocks of a tackle in hoisting..

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

Can Hook :: Can hook () A device consisting of a short rope with flat hooks at each end, for hoisting casks or barrels by the ends of the staves..

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

Top-tackle :: Top-tackle (n.) A tackle used in hoisting and lowering the topmast.

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

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

Fall :: Fall (n.) That part (as one of the ropes) of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting.

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

Catfall :: Catfall (n.) A rope used in hoisting the anchor to the cathead.

Hudge :: Hudge (n.) An iron bucket for hoisting coal or ore.

Lodge :: Lodge (n.) The space at the mouth of a level next the shaft, widened to permit wagons to pass, or ore to be deposited for hoisting; -- called also platt..

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