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

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

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

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

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

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]..

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

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

Outrigger :: Outrigger (n.) Any spar or projecting timber run out for temporary use, as from a ship's mast, to hold a rope or a sail extended, or from a building, to support hoisting teckle..

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..

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

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..

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

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

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..

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

Hoist :: Hoist (p. p.) Hoisted.

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

Lewisson :: Lewisson (n.) An iron dovetailed tenon, made in sections, which can be fitted into a dovetail mortise; -- used in hoisting large stones, etc..

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..

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