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Grunter :: Grunter (n.) A hook used in lifting a crucible.

Attollent :: Attollent (a.) Lifting up; raising; as, an attollent muscle..

Griff :: Griff (n.) An arrangement of parallel bars for lifting the hooked wires which raise the warp threads in a loom for weaving figured goods.

Heaving :: Heaving (n.) A lifting or rising; a swell; a panting or deep sighing.

Lift :: Lift (n.) Help; assistance, as by lifting; as, to give one a lift in a wagon..

Bell Jar :: Bell jar () A glass vessel, varying in size, open at the bottom and closed at the top like a bell, and having a knob or handle at the top for lifting it. It is used for a great variety of purposes; as, with the air pump, and for holding gases, also for keeping the dust from articles exposed to view..

Walk :: Walk (v. i.) To move along on foot; to advance by steps; to go on at a moderate pace; specifically, of two-legged creatures, to proceed at a slower or faster rate, but without running, or lifting one foot entirely before the other touches the ground..

Unlatch :: Unlatch (v. i.) To open or loose by lifting the latch; as, to unlatch a door..

Shoplifting :: Shoplifting (n.) Larceny committed in a shop; the stealing of anything from a shop.

Fulcrum :: Fulcrum (n.) That by which a lever is sustained, or about which it turns in lifting or moving a body..

Jack :: "Jack (n.) A portable machine variously constructed, for exerting great pressure, or lifting or moving a heavy body through a small distance. It consists of a lever, screw, rack and pinion, hydraulic press, or any simple combination of mechanical powers, working in a compact pedestal or support and operated by a lever, crank, capstan bar, etc. The name is often given to a jackscrew, which is a kind of jack..

Lifting :: Lifting (a.) Used in, or for, or by, lifting..

Uplifting :: Uplifting (imp. & p. p.) of Uplif.

Jackscrew :: "Jackscrew (n.) A jack in which a screw is used for lifting, or exerting pressure. See Illust. of 2d Jack, n., 5..

Upbuoyance :: Upbuoyance (n.) The act of buoying up; uplifting.

Ejector :: Ejector (n.) A jet jump for lifting water or withdrawing air from a space.

Valve :: Valve (n.) A lid, plug, or cover, applied to an aperture so that by its movement, as by swinging, lifting and falling, sliding, turning, or the like, it will open or close the aperture to permit or prevent passage, as of a fluid..

Gallop :: Gallop (v. i.) A mode of running by a quadruped, particularly by a horse, by lifting alternately the fore feet and the hind feet, in successive leaps or bounds..

Leash :: Leash (n.) A string with a loop at the end for lifting warp threads, in a loom..

Relevation :: Relevation (n.) A raising or lifting up.

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