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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..

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

Lift :: Lift (n.) Help; assistance, as by lifting; as, to give one a lift in a wagon..

Bed Screw :: Bed screw () A form of jack screw for lifting large bodies, and assisting in launching..

Gallop :: Gallop (v. i.) A mode of running by a quadruped, particularly by a horse, by lifting alternately the fore feet and the hind feet, in successive leaps or bounds..

Box :: Box (n.) A chamber or section of tube in which a valve works; the bucket of a lifting pump.

Dipping :: Dipping (n.) The act of lifting or moving a liquid with a dipper, ladle, or the like..

Muscle :: Muscle (n.) Muscular strength or development; as, to show one's muscle by lifting a heavy weight..

Lift :: Lift (n.) Act of lifting; also, that which is lifted..

Assault :: Assault (n.) An apparently violent attempt, or willful offer with force or violence, to do hurt to another; an attempt or offer to beat another, accompanied by a degree of violence, but without touching his person, as by lifting the fist, or a cane, in a threatening manner, or by striking at him, and missing him. If the blow aimed takes effect, it is a battery..

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

Tab :: Tab (n.) A loop for pulling or lifting something.

Unlatch :: Unlatch (v. i.) To open or loose by lifting the latch; as, to unlatch a door..

Jack :: "Jack (n.) A portable machine variously constructed, for exerting great pressure, or lifting or moving a heavy body through a small distance. It consists of a lever, screw, rack and pinion, hydraulic press, or any simple combination of mechanical powers, working in a compact pedestal or support and operated by a lever, crank, capstan bar, etc. The name is often given to a jackscrew, which is a kind of jack..

Heave :: Heave (v. t.) To cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; to lift; to raise; to hoist; -- often with up; as, the wave heaved the boat on land..

Leash :: Leash (n.) A string with a loop at the end for lifting warp threads, in a loom..

Attollent :: Attollent (a.) Lifting up; raising; as, an attollent muscle..

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

Bucket :: Bucket (n.) The valved piston of a lifting pump.

Hoist :: Hoist (n.) That by which anything is hoisted; the apparatus for lifting goods.

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