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

Garnet :: Garnet (n.) A tackle for hoisting cargo in our out.

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

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

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

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

Cage :: Cage (n.) The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim.

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..

Corf :: Corf (n.) A large basket used in carrying or hoisting coal or ore.

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..

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

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

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

Hoisting :: Hoisting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hois.

Elevator :: Elevator (n.) A cage or platform and the hoisting machinery in a hotel, warehouse, mine, etc., for conveying persons, goods, etc., to or from different floors or levels; -- called in England a lift; the cage or platform itself..

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..

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

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

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

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..

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