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

Strain :: Strain (n.) A violent effort; an excessive and hurtful exertion or tension, as of the muscles; as, he lifted the weight with a strain; the strain upon a ship's rigging in a gale; also, the hurt or injury resulting; a sprain..

Raised :: Raised (a.) Lifted up; showing above the surroundings; as, raised or embossed metal work..

Elate :: Elate (a.) Lifted up; raised; elevated.

Lifting :: Lifting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lif.

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

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..

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

Upbuoyance :: Upbuoyance (n.) The act of buoying up; uplifting.

Uphold :: Uphold (v. t.) To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.

Lift :: Lift (n.) The space or distance through which anything is lifted; as, a long lift..

Muscle :: Muscle (n.) Muscular strength or development; as, to show one's muscle by lifting a heavy weight..

Heaver :: Heaver (n.) One who, or that which, heaves or lifts; a laborer employed on docks in handling freight; as, a coal heaver..

Camel :: Camel (n.) A water-tight structure (as a large box or boxes) used to assist a vessel in passing over a shoal or bar or in navigating shallow water. By admitting water, the camel or camels may be sunk and attached beneath or at the sides of a vessel, and when the water is pumped out the vessel is lifted..

Power :: Power (n.) Applied force; force producing motion or pressure; as, the power applied at one and of a lever to lift a weight at the other end..

Jackscrew :: "Jackscrew (n.) A jack in which a screw is used for lifting, or exerting pressure. See Illust. of 2d Jack, n., 5..

Raise :: Raise (v. t.) To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight..

Toss :: Toss (v. t.) To lift or throw up with a sudden or violent motion; as, to toss the head..

Portamento :: Portamento (n.) In singing, or in the use of the bow, a gradual carrying or lifting of the voice or sound very smoothly from one note to another; a gliding from tone to tone..

Duty :: Duty (n.) The efficiency of an engine, especially a steam pumping engine, as measured by work done by a certain quantity of fuel; usually, the number of pounds of water lifted one foot by one bushel of coal (94 lbs. old standard), or by 1 cwt. (112 lbs., England, or 100 lbs., United States)..

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