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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

Hatch :: Hatch (n.) An opening in the deck of a vessel or floor of a warehouse which serves as a passageway or hoistway; a hatchway; also; a cover or door, or one of the covers used in closing such an opening..

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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..

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

Halse :: Halse (v. t.) To haul; to hoist.

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