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Repeater :: Repeater (n.) A pennant used to indicate that a certain flag in a hoist of signal is duplicated.

Lodge :: Lodge (n.) The space at the mouth of a level next the shaft, widened to permit wagons to pass, or ore to be deposited for hoisting; -- called also platt..

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

Glossocomon :: Glossocomon (n.) A kind of hoisting winch.

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

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

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..

Indicator :: Indicator (n.) A telltale connected with a hoisting machine, to show, at the surface, the position of the cage in the shaft of a mine, etc..

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

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..

Top-tackle :: Top-tackle (n.) A tackle used in hoisting and lowering the topmast.

Drum :: Drum (n.) A cylinder on a revolving shaft, generally for the purpose of driving several pulleys, by means of belts or straps passing around its periphery; also, the barrel of a hoisting machine, on which the rope or chain is wound..

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

Hudge :: Hudge (n.) An iron bucket for hoisting coal or ore.

Gin :: Gin (n.) A hoisting drum, usually vertical; a whim..

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

Hoisted :: Hoisted (imp. & p. p.) of Hois.

Can Hook :: Can hook () A device consisting of a short rope with flat hooks at each end, for hoisting casks or barrels by the ends of the staves..

Hal''yard :: Hal'yard (v. t.) A rope or tackle for hoisting or lowering yards, sails, flags, etc..

Log :: Log (n.) A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave.

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