hoist
hoist is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.That by which anything is hoisted; the apparatus for lifting goods.
- 2.The act of hoisting; a lift. [Collog.]
- 3.(fly, or horizontal length when flying from a staff. (b) The height of a fore-and-aft sail next the mast or stay. Totten. Hoist bridge, a drawbridge that is lifted instead of being swung or drawn aside.
- 4.Hoisted. [Obs.] 'Tis the sport to have the enginer Hoist with his own petar. Shak.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accusation
- and
- another
- attollent
- back
- beau
- bit
- biter
- blow
- buoy
- can
- cap
- capstan
- catch
- coin
- compensation
- compliment
- convexity
- counter
- counterplot
- courteous
- crane
- cut
- derrick
- diamond
- drag
- drawn
- dredge
- dredger
- elevate
- elevated
- elevation
- elevator
- erect
- erection
- escalator
- even
- exalt
- exaltation
- exchange
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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