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Jack :: "Jack (n.) A flag, containing only the union, without the fly, usually hoisted on a jack staff at the bowsprit cap; -- called also union jack. The American jack is a small blue flag, with a star for each State..

Hoistway :: Hoistway (n.) An opening for the hoist, or elevator, in the floor of a wareroom..

Atrip :: Atrip (adv.) Sheeted home, hoisted taut up and ready for trimming; -- said of sails..

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

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..

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..

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

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

Hoist :: Hoist (v. t.) To raise; to lift; to elevate; esp., to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle, as a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight..

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..

Parrel :: Parrel (n.) The rope or collar by which a yard or spar is held to the mast in such a way that it may be hoisted or lowered at pleasure.

Flagstaff :: Flagstaff (n.) A staff on which a flag is hoisted.

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

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

Hoist :: Hoist (n.) That by which anything is hoisted; the apparatus for lifting goods.

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..

Hoisted :: Hoisted (imp. & p. p.) of Hois.

Whip :: Whip (v. t.) A small tackle with a single rope, used to hoist light bodies..

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..

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

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