hoist : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: hoist	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for hoist
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hoist n lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects v raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car" Synonym(s): hoist, lift, wind move from one place to another by lifting; "They hoisted the patient onto the operating table" raise; "hoist the flags"; "hoist a sail" Synonym(s): hoist, run up
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hoist \Hoist\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hoisted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hoisting}.] [OE. hoise, hyse, OD. hyssen, D. hijshen; akin to LG. hissen, Dan. hisse, Sw. hissa.] 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. They land my goods, and hoist my flying sails. --Pope. Hoisting him into his father's throne. --South. {Hoisting engine}, a steam engine for operating a hoist.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hoist \Hoist\, n. 1. That by which anything is hoisted; the apparatus for lifting goods. 2. The act of hoisting; a lift. [Collog.] 3. (Naut.) (a) The perpendicular height of a flag, as opposed to the 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hoist \Hoist\, p. p. Hoisted. [Obs.] 'T is the sport to have the enginer Hoist with his own petar. --Shak.