Definition of lift

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Lift (n.) A rise; a degree of elevation; as, the lift of a lock in canals..

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Clift :: Clift (n.) The fork of the legs; the crotch.
Lift :: Lift (n.) A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below; -- used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.
Scuff :: Scuff (v. i.) To walk without lifting the feet; to proceed with a scraping or dragging movement; to shuffle.
Tripping :: Tripping (a.) Having the right forefoot lifted, the others remaining on the ground, as if he were trotting; trippant; -- said of an animal, as a hart, buck, and the like, used as a bearing..
Weather :: Weather (a.) Being toward the wind, or windward -- opposed to lee; as, weather bow, weather braces, weather gauge, weather lifts, weather quarter, weather shrouds, etc..
Mount :: Mount (v. t.) To raise aloft; to lift on high.
Bed Screw :: Bed screw () A form of jack screw for lifting large bodies, and assisting in launching..
Erection :: Erection (n.) The state of being erected, lifted up, built, established, or founded; exaltation of feelings or purposes..
Bite :: Bite (v.) The hold which the short end of a lever has upon the thing to be lifted, or the hold which one part of a machine has upon another..
Weigh :: Weigh (v. t.) To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up; as, to weigh anchor..
Lift :: Lift (n.) The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament.
Slice :: Slice (v. t.) One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching.
Liftable :: Liftable (a.) Such as can be lifted.
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.
Upstare :: Upstare (v. i.) To stare or stand upward; hence, to be uplifted or conspicuous..
Lift :: Lift (n.) One of the steps of a cone pulley.
Box :: Box (n.) A chamber or section of tube in which a valve works; the bucket of a lifting pump.
Jackscrew :: "Jackscrew (n.) A jack in which a screw is used for lifting, or exerting pressure. See Illust. of 2d Jack, n., 5..
Clift :: Clift (n.) A cleft of crack; a narrow opening.
Elative :: Elative (a.) Raised; lifted up; -- a term applied to what is also called the absolute superlative, denoting a high or intense degree of a quality, but not excluding the idea that an equal degree may exist in other cases..
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