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Chain Pump :: Chain pump () A pump consisting of an endless chain, running over a drum or wheel by which it is moved, and dipping below the water to be raised. The chain has at intervals disks or lifts which fit the tube through which the ascending part passes and carry the water to the point of discharge..

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..

Cast :: Cast (n.) A chance, opportunity, privilege, or advantage; specifically, an opportunity of riding; a lift..

Hoist :: Hoist (n.) The act of hoisting; a lift.

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

Lifted :: Lifted (imp. & p. p.) of Lif.

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

Sucker :: Sucker (n.) A small piece of leather, usually round, having a string attached to the center, which, when saturated with water and pressed upon a stone or other body having a smooth surface, adheres, by reason of the atmospheric pressure, with such force as to enable a considerable weight to be thus lifted by the string; -- used by children as a plaything..

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..

Underheave :: Underheave (v. i.) To heave or lift from below.

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

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..

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

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..

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

Arrected :: Arrected (a.) Lifted up; raised; erect.

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..

Portamento :: Portamento (n.) In singing, or in the use of the bow, a gradual carrying or lifting of the voice or sound very smoothly from one note to another; a gliding from tone to tone..

Upstare :: Upstare (v. i.) To stare or stand upward; hence, to be uplifted or conspicuous..

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