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Lift :: Lift (n.) A lift gate. See Lift gate, below..

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

Lift :: Lift (v. t.) To bear; to support.

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

Gammoning :: Gammoning (n.) The lashing or iron band by which the bowsprit of a vessel is secured to the stem to opposite the lifting action of the forestays.

Trot :: Trot (v. i.) The pace of a horse or other quadruped, more rapid than a walk, but of various degrees of swiftness, in which one fore foot and the hind foot of the opposite side are lifted at the same time..

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.

Cuddy :: Cuddy (n.) A lever mounted on a tripod for lifting stones, leveling up railroad ties, etc..

Pulley :: Pulley (b. t.) To raise or lift by means of a pulley.

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

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

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

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

Lofty :: Lofty (superl.) Lifted high up; having great height; towering; high.

Erect :: Erect (a.) Directed upward; raised; uplifted.

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..

Spadeful :: Spadeful (n.) As much as a spade will hold or lift.

Lift :: Lift (v. i.) To rise; to become or appear raised or elevated; as, the fog lifts; the land lifts to a ship approaching it..

Elevator :: Elevator (n.) A cage or platform and the hoisting machinery in a hotel, warehouse, mine, etc., for conveying persons, goods, etc., to or from different floors or levels; -- called in England a lift; the cage or platform itself..

Shoplifter :: Shoplifter (n.) One who steals anything in a shop, or takes goods privately from a shop; one who, under pretense of buying goods, takes occasion to steal..

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