HOIST
\hˈɔ͡ɪst], \hˈɔɪst], \h_ˈɔɪ_s_t]\
Definitions of HOIST
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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move from one place to another by lifting; "They hoisted the patient onto the operating table"
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raise; "hoist the flags"; "hoist a sail"
By Princeton University
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move from one place to another by lifting; "They hoisted the patient onto the operating table"
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raise, as of flags or sails
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To raise; to lift; to elevate; esp., to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle, as a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight.
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That by which anything is hoisted; the apparatus for lifting goods.
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The perpendicular height of a flag, as opposed to the fly, or horizontal length when flying from a staff.
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The height of a fore-and-aft sail next the mast or stay.
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Hoisted.
By Oddity Software
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To raise; to lift; to elevate; esp., to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle, as a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight.
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That by which anything is hoisted; the apparatus for lifting goods.
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The perpendicular height of a flag, as opposed to the fly, or horizontal length when flying from a staff.
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The height of a fore-and-aft sail next the mast or stay.
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Hoisted.
By Noah Webster.
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To lift or raise with tackle; heave.
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An apparatus for lifting goods from a lower to a higher floor, etc.; a lift.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To lift: to raise with tackle: to heave.
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Act of lifting: the height of a sail: an apparatus for lifting heavy bodies to the upper stories of a building.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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