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

Mount :: Mount (v. t.) To raise aloft; to lift on high.

Raising :: Raising (n.) The act of lifting, setting up, elevating, exalting, producing, or restoring to life..

Clift :: Clift (n.) A cliff.

Camel :: Camel (n.) A water-tight structure (as a large box or boxes) used to assist a vessel in passing over a shoal or bar or in navigating shallow water. By admitting water, the camel or camels may be sunk and attached beneath or at the sides of a vessel, and when the water is pumped out the vessel is lifted..

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

Tiptoe :: Tiptoe (a.) Being on tiptoe, or as on tiptoe; hence, raised as high as possible; lifted up; exalted; also, alert..

Niblick :: Niblick (n.) A kind of golf stick used to lift the ball out of holes, ruts, etc..

Lift :: Lift (v. t.) To move in a direction opposite to that of gravitation; to raise; to elevate; to bring up from a lower place to a higher; to upheave; sometimes implying a continued support or holding in the higher place; -- said of material things; as, to lift the foot or the hand; to lift a chair or a burden..

Dolphin :: Dolphin (n.) In old ordnance, one of the handles above the trunnions by which the gun was lifted..

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

Duty :: Duty (n.) The efficiency of an engine, especially a steam pumping engine, as measured by work done by a certain quantity of fuel; usually, the number of pounds of water lifted one foot by one bushel of coal (94 lbs. old standard), or by 1 cwt. (112 lbs., England, or 100 lbs., United States)..

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

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..

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

Trapdoor :: Trapdoor (n.) A lifting or sliding door covering an opening in a roof or floor.

Lift :: Lift (n.) One of the steps of a cone pulley.

Wiper :: Wiper (n.) A piece generally projecting from a rotating or swinging piece, as an axle or rock shaft, for the purpose of raising stampers, lifting rods, or the like, and leaving them to fall by their own weight; a kind of cam..

Toss :: Toss (v. t.) To lift or throw up with a sudden or violent motion; as, to toss the head..

Sublime :: Sublime (superl.) Lifted up; high in place; exalted aloft; uplifted; lofty.

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