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Shovel :: Shovel (v. t.) An implement consisting of a broad scoop, or more or less hollow blade, with a handle, used for lifting and throwing earth, coal, grain, or other loose substances..

Lift :: Lift (n.) The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament.

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..

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

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

Heaver :: Heaver (n.) One who, or that which, heaves or lifts; a laborer employed on docks in handling freight; as, a coal heaver..

Crane :: Crane (v. t.) To cause to rise; to raise or lift, as by a crane; -- with up..

Race :: Race (v. i.) To run too fast at times, as a marine engine or screw, when the screw is lifted out of water by the action of a heavy sea..

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

Cockhorse :: Cockhorse (a.) Lifted up, as one is on a tall horse..

Lift :: Lift (n.) An exercising machine.

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

Elevate :: Elevate (v. t.) To bring from a lower place to a higher; to lift up; to raise; as, to elevate a weight, a flagstaff, etc..

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

Horse Power :: Horse power () A unit of power, used in stating the power required to drive machinery, and in estimating the capabilities of animals or steam engines and other prime movers for doing work. It is the power required for the performance of work at the rate of 33,000 English units of work per minute; hence, it is the power that must be exerted in lifting 33,000 pounds at the rate of one foot per minute, or 550 pounds at the rate of one foot per second, or 55 pounds at the rate of ten feet per second

Caisson :: Caisson (n.) A structure, usually with an air chamber, placed beneath a vessel to lift or float it..

Upheave :: Upheave (v. t.) To heave or lift up from beneath; to raise.

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

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..

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

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