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Tip :: Tip (n.) A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf..

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

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

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

Scuff :: Scuff (v. i.) To walk without lifting the feet; to proceed with a scraping or dragging movement; to shuffle.

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

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..

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

Upbuoyance :: Upbuoyance (n.) The act of buoying up; uplifting.

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

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

Elation :: Elation (n.) A lifting up by success; exaltation; inriation with pride of prosperity.

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

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.

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

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

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..

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

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..

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