Definition of hoist

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

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Top-tackle :: Top-tackle (n.) A tackle used in hoisting and lowering the topmast.
Hoist :: Hoist (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..
Chockablock :: Chockablock (a.) Hoisted as high as the tackle will admit; brought close together, as the two blocks of a tackle in hoisting..
Corf :: Corf (n.) A large basket used in carrying or hoisting coal or ore.
Cathead :: Cathead (n.) A projecting piece of timber or iron near the bow of vessel, to which the anchor is hoisted and secured..
Atrip :: Atrip (adv.) Sheeted home, hoisted taut up and ready for trimming; -- said of sails..
Gantline :: Gantline (n.) A line rigged to a mast; -- used in hoisting rigging; a girtline.
Hatch :: Hatch (n.) An opening in the deck of a vessel or floor of a warehouse which serves as a passageway or hoistway; a hatchway; also; a cover or door, or one of the covers used in closing such an opening..
Jeer :: "Jeer (n.) An assemblage or combination of tackles, for hoisting or lowering the lower yards of a ship..
Catfall :: Catfall (n.) A rope used in hoisting the anchor to the cathead.
Hoistaway :: Hoistaway (n.) A mechanical lift. See Elevator.
Davit :: Davit (n.) A spar formerly used on board of ships, as a crane to hoist the flukes of the anchor to the top of the bow, without injuring the sides of the ship; -- called also the fish davit..
Stretcher :: Stretcher (n.) A crosspiece placed between the sides of a boat to keep them apart when hoisted up and griped.
Trysail :: Trysail (n.) A fore-and-aft sail, bent to a gaff, and hoisted on a lower mast or on a small mast, called the trysail mast, close abaft a lower mast; -- used chiefly as a storm sail. Called also spencer..
Sling :: Sling (v. t.) A loop of rope, or a rope or chain with hooks, for suspending a barrel, bale, or other heavy object, in hoisting or lowering..
Teagle :: Teagle (n.) A hoisting apparatus; an elevator; a crane; a lift.
Garnet :: Garnet (n.) A tackle for hoisting cargo in our out.
Hoistway :: Hoistway (n.) An opening for the hoist, or elevator, in the floor of a wareroom..
Overwind :: Overwind (v. t.) To wind too tightly, as a spring, or too far, as a hoisting rope on a drum..
Whip :: Whip (v. t.) To hoist or purchase by means of a whip.
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