Look up: hoist

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   hoist
   [n] - lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects 2. [v] - move from one place to another by lifting 3. [v] - raise, as of flags or sails 4. [v] - raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
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   Hoist
   A hoist is an appliance whose rotational movement is restricted by guides or rails. It can only move in the vertical plane.
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   hoist
   1. an arrangement of pulleys and wire rope or chain used for lifting heavy objects; a winch or similar device. 2. the drawworks; to raise or lift
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   Hoist
   Mechanical lifting device.
   Found on http://www.corusconstruction.com/en/desi
   
   
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   Hoist
   A hoist is a device often used on construction sites for the raising and lowering of heavy or cumbersome objects.
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   Hoist
   is the part of the flag closest to the staff. The term is also used for the vertical width of a flag.
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   hoist
   a handing apparatus moving vertically along uprights,used to interconnect storeys and the like Category: Mechanical engineering • to raise animals during the slaughter Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • in helicopters,the mechanism by which external loads may be raised or lowered vertically Category: Mechanical engineering
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   Hoist
   Hoist transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Hoisted ; present participle & verbal noun Hoisting .] [ Middle English hoise , hyse , OD. hyssen , Dutch hijshen ; akin to LG. hissen , Danish hisse , Swedish hissa .] To raise; to lift; to elevate; esp., to raise or lift to a desi ...
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   Hoist
   Hoist noun 1. That by which anything is hoisted; the apparatus for lifting goods. 2. The act of hoisting; a lift. [ Collog.] 3. (Nautical) (a) The perpendicular height of a flag, as opposed to the fly , or horizontal length when flying from a staff. (b) The height of a fore-and-aft sail next the mast or stay. Totten. Hoist bridge
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    Hoist
    Hoist past participle Hoisted. [ Obsolete] « 'T is the sport to have the enginer Hoist with his own petar.» Shak.
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    hoist
    noun lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects
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    hoist
    verb raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; `hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car`
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    hoist
    verb raise; `hoist the flags`; `hoist a sail`
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    Hoist
    `Hoist` may refer to: *Hoist (device), for lifting loads *Hoist (flag), the half of a flag nearer to the flagpole *`Hoist` (album), by Phish *Hoist (Transformers), a toy and fictional character *Patient lift, for lifting people
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    Hoist
    • (n.) The act of hoisting; a lift. • (p. p.) Hoisted. • (v. t.) To raise; to lift; to elevate; esp., to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle, as a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight. • (n.) The height of a fore-and-aft sail next the mast or stay. • (n.) That by which anything is hoisted; the appara...
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    hoist
    mechanical device used primarily for raising and lowering heavy loads but occasionally for moving objects horizontally. It usually consists of a ... [1 related articles]
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    Hoist
    to raise aloft
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    Hoist
    A drum on which hoisting rope is wound in the engine house, as the cage or skip is raised in the hoisting shaft.
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    Hoist
    A chain or electric lifting device usually attached to a trolly which travels along a monorail or bridge crane.
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    hoist
    hoist: see winch.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A09143