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Spencer :: Spencer (n.) A fore-and-aft sail, abaft the foremast or the mainmast, hoisted upon a small supplementary mast and set with a gaff and no boom; a trysail carried at the foremast or mainmast; -- named after its inventor, Knight Spencer, of England [1802]..

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

Cathead :: Cathead (n.) A projecting piece of timber or iron near the bow of vessel, to which the anchor is hoisted and secured..

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

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

Sling :: Sling (v. t.) To pass a rope round, as a cask, gun, etc., preparatory to attaching a hoisting or lowering tackle..

Snow :: Snow (n.) A square-rigged vessel, differing from a brig only in that she has a trysail mast close abaft the mainmast, on which a large trysail is hoisted..

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..

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

Parbuckle :: Parbuckle (v. t.) To hoist or lower by means of a parbuckle.

Trysail :: Trysail (n.) A fore-and-aft sail, bent to a gaff, and hoisted on a lower mast or on a small mast, called the trysail mast, close abaft a lower mast; -- used chiefly as a storm sail. Called also spencer..

Hoist :: Hoist (n.) The perpendicular height of a flag, as opposed to the fly, or horizontal length when flying from a staff..

Atrip :: Atrip (adv.) Hoisted up and ready to be swayed across; -- said of yards.

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

Heave :: Heave (v. t.) To cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; to lift; to raise; to hoist; -- often with up; as, the wave heaved the boat on land..

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

Hoist :: Hoist (n.) The height of a fore-and-aft sail next the mast or stay.

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..

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

Hoistaway :: Hoistaway (n.) A mechanical lift. See Elevator.

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