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Lewisson :: Lewisson (n.) An iron dovetailed tenon, made in sections, which can be fitted into a dovetail mortise; -- used in hoisting large stones, etc..

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

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

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..

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

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

Hoist :: Hoist (n.) The perpendicular height of a flag, as opposed to the fly, or horizontal length when flying from a staff..

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

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

Spencer :: Spencer (n.) A fore-and-aft sail, abaft the foremast or the mainmast, hoisted upon a small supplementary mast and set with a gaff and no boom; a trysail carried at the foremast or mainmast; -- named after its inventor, Knight Spencer, of England [1802]..

Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To hoist; as, to sway up the yards..

Top-rope :: Top-rope (n.) A rope used for hoisting and lowering a topmast, and for other purposes..

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

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

Sling :: Sling (v. t.) To pass a rope round, as a cask, gun, etc., preparatory to attaching a hoisting or lowering tackle..

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..

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

Chockablock :: Chockablock (a.) Hoisted as high as the tackle will admit; brought close together, as the two blocks of a tackle in hoisting..

Atrip :: Atrip (adv.) Hoisted up and ready to be swayed across; -- said of yards.

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

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