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Definition of hoist
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Hoist (n.) The act of
hoisting;
a lift.
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Hoisting
::
Hoisting
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hois.
Hudge
::
Hudge (n.) An iron
bucket
for
hoisting
coal or ore.
Cage
::
Cage (n.) The drum on which the rope is wound in a
hoisting
whim.
Hoist
::
Hoist (n.) The
height
of a
fore-and-aft
sail next the mast or stay.
Gantline
::
Gantline
(n.) A line
rigged
to a mast; -- used in
hoisting
rigging;
a
girtline.
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..
Repeater
::
Repeater
(n.) A
pennant
used to
indicate
that a
certain
flag in a hoist of
signal
is
duplicated.
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..
Hoise
::
Hoise (v. t.) To
hoist.
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..
Log
::
Log (n.) A
weight
or block near the free end of a
hoisting
rope to
prevent
it from being drawn
through
the
sheave.
Flagstaff
::
Flagstaff
(n.) A staff on which a flag is
hoisted.
Bucket
::
Bucket
(n.) A
vessel
(as a tub or
scoop)
for
hoisting
and
conveying
coal, ore,
grain,
etc..
Hoist
::
Hoist (n.) The
perpendicular
height
of a flag, as
opposed
to the fly, or
horizontal
length
when
flying
from a
staff..
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.
Sway
::
Sway (v. i.) To
hoist;
as, to sway up the
yards..
Chockablock
::
Chockablock
(a.)
Hoisted
as high as the
tackle
will
admit;
brought
close
together,
as the two
blocks
of a
tackle
in
hoisting..
Lift
::
Lift (n.) A
hoisting
machine;
an
elevator;
a dumb
waiter.
Top-tackle
::
Top-tackle
(n.) A
tackle
used in
hoisting
and
lowering
the
topmast.
Parbuckle
::
Parbuckle
(v. t.) To hoist or lower by means of a
parbuckle.
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