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Catfall :: Catfall (n.) A rope used in hoisting the anchor to the cathead.

Netting :: Netting (n.) A network of ropes used for various purposes, as for holding the hammocks when not in use, also for stowing sails, and for hoisting from the gunwale to the rigging to hinder an enemy from boarding..

Gantline :: Gantline (n.) A line rigged to a mast; -- used in hoisting rigging; a girtline.

Hoistaway :: Hoistaway (n.) A mechanical lift. See Elevator.

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..

Corf :: Corf (n.) A large basket used in carrying or hoisting coal or ore.

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

Skip :: Skip (n.) An iron bucket, which slides between guides, for hoisting mineral and rock..

Jeer :: "Jeer (n.) An assemblage or combination of tackles, for hoisting or lowering the lower yards of a ship..

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..

Hoisting :: Hoisting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hois.

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

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..

Garnet :: Garnet (n.) A tackle for hoisting cargo in our out.

Whip :: Whip (v. t.) To hoist or purchase by means of a whip.

Hoistway :: Hoistway (n.) An opening for the hoist, or elevator, in the floor of a wareroom..

Cathead :: Cathead (n.) A projecting piece of timber or iron near the bow of vessel, to which the anchor is hoisted and secured..

Brakeman :: Brakeman (n.) The man in charge of the winding (or hoisting) engine for a mine.

Parbuckle :: Parbuckle (n.) A kind of purchase for hoisting or lowering a cylindrical burden, as a cask. The middle of a long rope is made fast aloft, and both parts are looped around the object, which rests in the loops, and rolls in them as the ends are hauled up or payed out..

Tug :: Tug (n.) An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed..

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