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

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

Car :: Car (n.) The cage of a lift or elevator.

Shoplifting :: Shoplifting (n.) Larceny committed in a shop; the stealing of anything from a shop.

Fulcrum :: Fulcrum (n.) That by which a lever is sustained, or about which it turns in lifting or moving a body..

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

Relieve :: Relieve (v. t.) To lift up; to raise again, as one who has fallen; to cause to rise..

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..

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

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

Power :: Power (n.) Applied force; force producing motion or pressure; as, the power applied at one and of a lever to lift a weight at the other end..

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

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.

Elevator :: Elevator (n.) One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything.

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

Liftable :: Liftable (a.) Such as can be lifted.

Strain :: Strain (n.) A violent effort; an excessive and hurtful exertion or tension, as of the muscles; as, he lifted the weight with a strain; the strain upon a ship's rigging in a gale; also, the hurt or injury resulting; a sprain..

Toe :: Toe (n.) A projection from the periphery of a revolving piece, acting as a cam to lift another piece..

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

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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