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Lifter :: Lifter (n.) One who, or that which, lifts..

Attollent :: Attollent (a.) Lifting up; raising; as, an attollent muscle..

Jack :: "Jack (n.) A portable machine variously constructed, for exerting great pressure, or lifting or moving a heavy body through a small distance. It consists of a lever, screw, rack and pinion, hydraulic press, or any simple combination of mechanical powers, working in a compact pedestal or support and operated by a lever, crank, capstan bar, etc. The name is often given to a jackscrew, which is a kind of jack..

Cog :: Cog (n.) A tooth, cam, or catch for imparting or receiving motion, as on a gear wheel, or a lifter or wiper on a shaft; originally, a separate piece of wood set in a mortise in the face of a wheel..

Light :: Light (superl.) Not burdensome; easy to be lifted, borne, or carried by physical strength; as, a light burden, or load..

Upraise :: Upraise (v. t.) To raise; to lift up.

Pulley :: Pulley (b. t.) To raise or lift by means of a pulley.

Bed Screw :: Bed screw () A form of jack screw for lifting large bodies, and assisting in launching..

Horse Power :: Horse power () A unit of power, used in stating the power required to drive machinery, and in estimating the capabilities of animals or steam engines and other prime movers for doing work. It is the power required for the performance of work at the rate of 33,000 English units of work per minute; hence, it is the power that must be exerted in lifting 33,000 pounds at the rate of one foot per minute, or 550 pounds at the rate of one foot per second, or 55 pounds at the rate of ten feet per second

Heavy :: Heavy (superl.) Heaved or lifted with labor; not light; weighty; ponderous; as, a heavy stone; hence, sometimes, large in extent, quantity, or effects; as, a heavy fall of rain or snow; a heavy failure; heavy business transactions, etc.; often implying strength; as, a heavy barrier; also, difficult to move; as, a heavy draught..

Griff :: Griff (n.) An arrangement of parallel bars for lifting the hooked wires which raise the warp threads in a loom for weaving figured goods.

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..

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

Relieve :: Relieve (v. t.) To lift up; to raise again, as one who has fallen; to cause to rise..

Ease :: Ease (n.) To release from pressure or restraint; to move gently; to lift slightly; to shift a little; as, to ease a bar or nut in machinery..

Uplifting :: Uplifting (imp. & p. p.) of Uplif.

Trapdoor :: Trapdoor (n.) A lifting or sliding door covering an opening in a roof or floor.

Elation :: Elation (n.) A lifting up by success; exaltation; inriation with pride of prosperity.

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

Lift :: Lift (v. t.) To live by theft.

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