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

Lift :: Lift (n.) A layer of leather in the heel.

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..

Assault :: Assault (n.) An apparently violent attempt, or willful offer with force or violence, to do hurt to another; an attempt or offer to beat another, accompanied by a degree of violence, but without touching his person, as by lifting the fist, or a cane, in a threatening manner, or by striking at him, and missing him. If the blow aimed takes effect, it is a battery..

Mount :: Mount (v. t.) To raise aloft; to lift on high.

Erect :: Erect (a.) Directed upward; raised; uplifted.

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..

Lift :: Lift (v. i.) To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.

Liftable :: Liftable (a.) Such as can be lifted.

Dolphin :: Dolphin (n.) In old ordnance, one of the handles above the trunnions by which the gun was lifted..

Erection :: Erection (n.) The state of being erected, lifted up, built, established, or founded; exaltation of feelings or purposes..

Suspense :: Suspense (a.) Held or lifted up; held or prevented from proceeding.

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

Bucket :: Bucket (n.) The valved piston of a lifting pump.

Weigh :: Weigh (v. t.) To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up; as, to weigh anchor..

Elevator :: Elevator (n.) One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything.

Dumb-waiter :: Dumb-waiter (n.) A framework on which dishes, food, etc., are passed from one room or story of a house to another; a lift for dishes, etc.; also, a piece of furniture with movable or revolving shelves..

Lift :: Lift (v. t.) To move in a direction opposite to that of gravitation; to raise; to elevate; to bring up from a lower place to a higher; to upheave; sometimes implying a continued support or holding in the higher place; -- said of material things; as, to lift the foot or the hand; to lift a chair or a burden..

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

Lift :: Lift (v. t.) To collect, as moneys due; to raise..

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