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Lift :: Lift (v. i.) To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.

Lifting :: Lifting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lif.

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

High :: High (superl.) Elevated above any starting point of measurement, as a line, or surface; having altitude; lifted up; raised or extended in the direction of the zenith; lofty; tall; as, a high mountain, tower, tree; the sun is high..

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..

Uplift :: Uplift (v. t.) To lift or raise aloft; to raise; to elevate; as, to uplift the arm; to uplift a rock..

Lash :: Lash (n.) In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure..

Bed Screw :: Bed screw () A form of jack screw for lifting large bodies, and assisting in launching..

Tip :: Tip (n.) A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf..

Lift :: Lift (v. t.) To collect, as moneys due; to raise..

Election :: Election (a.) The act of choosing a person to fill an office, or to membership in a society, as by ballot, uplifted hands, or viva voce; as, the election of a president or a mayor..

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

Uplift :: Uplift (n.) A raising or upheaval of strata so as to disturb their regularity and uniformity, and to occasion folds, dislocations, and the like..

Clift :: Clift (n.) The fork of the legs; the crotch.

Clifted :: Clifted (a.) Broken; fissured.

Rise :: Rise (v.) To be lifted, or to admit of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the type; -- said of a form..

Elevator :: Elevator (n.) A cage or platform and the hoisting machinery in a hotel, warehouse, mine, etc., for conveying persons, goods, etc., to or from different floors or levels; -- called in England a lift; the cage or platform itself..

Superlative :: Superlative (a.) Lifted up to the highest degree; most eminent; surpassing all other; supreme; as, superlative wisdom or prudence; a woman of superlative beauty; the superlative glory of the divine character..

Clift :: Clift (n.) A cleft of crack; a narrow opening.

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

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