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Lift :: Lift (n.) Act of lifting; also, that which is lifted..

Tip :: Tip (n.) A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf..

Lifter :: Lifter (n.) A tool for lifting loose sand from the mold; also, a contrivance attached to a cope, to hold the sand together when the cope is lifted..

Valve :: Valve (n.) A lid, plug, or cover, applied to an aperture so that by its movement, as by swinging, lifting and falling, sliding, turning, or the like, it will open or close the aperture to permit or prevent passage, as of a fluid..

Leash :: Leash (n.) A string with a loop at the end for lifting warp threads, in a loom..

Dipping :: Dipping (n.) The act of lifting or moving a liquid with a dipper, ladle, or the like..

Raising :: Raising (n.) The act of lifting, setting up, elevating, exalting, producing, or restoring to life..

Ejector :: Ejector (n.) A jet jump for lifting water or withdrawing air from a space.

Fulcrum :: Fulcrum (n.) That by which a lever is sustained, or about which it turns in lifting or moving a body..

Shovel :: Shovel (v. t.) An implement consisting of a broad scoop, or more or less hollow blade, with a handle, used for lifting and throwing earth, coal, grain, or other loose substances..

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

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

Gammoning :: Gammoning (n.) The lashing or iron band by which the bowsprit of a vessel is secured to the stem to opposite the lifting action of the forestays.

Gallop :: Gallop (v. i.) A mode of running by a quadruped, particularly by a horse, by lifting alternately the fore feet and the hind feet, in successive leaps or bounds..

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

Heave :: Heave (v. t.) To cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; to lift; to raise; to hoist; -- often with up; as, the wave heaved the boat on land..

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

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.

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

Heaving :: Heaving (n.) A lifting or rising; a swell; a panting or deep sighing.

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