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Crane :: Crane (v. t.) To cause to rise; to raise or lift, as by a crane; -- with up..

Lift :: Lift (n.) That by means of which a person or thing lifts or is lifte.

Upstare :: Upstare (v. i.) To stare or stand upward; hence, to be uplifted or conspicuous..

Exalt :: Exalt (v. t.) To raise high; to elevate; to lift up.

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..

High :: High (superl.) Elevated above any starting point of measurement, as a line, or surface; having altitude; lifted up; raised or extended in the direction of the zenith; lofty; tall; as, a high mountain, tower, tree; the sun is high..

Box :: Box (n.) A chamber or section of tube in which a valve works; the bucket of a lifting pump.

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..

Weather :: Weather (a.) Being toward the wind, or windward -- opposed to lee; as, weather bow, weather braces, weather gauge, weather lifts, weather quarter, weather shrouds, etc..

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

Erect :: Erect (v. t.) To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.

Underheave :: Underheave (v. i.) To heave or lift from below.

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

Lift :: Lift (v. t.) To raise, elevate, exalt, improve, in rank, condition, estimation, character, etc.; -- often with up..

Helve :: Helve (n.) A forge hammer which is lifted by a cam acting on the helve between the fulcrum and the head.

Lifted :: Lifted (imp. & p. p.) of Lif.

Lash :: Lash (n.) In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure..

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

Lift :: Lift (n.) The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament.

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

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