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Webster 1913 Edition
Hoist
Hoist
,Verb.
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.
Hoist
,Noun.
1.
That by which anything is hoisted; the apparatus for lifting goods.
2.
The act of hoisting; a lift.
[Colloq.]
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.
Hoist
,p.
p.
Hoisted.
[Obs.]
'T is the sport to have the enginer
Hoist
with his own petar. Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Hoist
HOIST
,Verb.
T.
1.
To raise; to lift. We'll quickly hoist duke Humphrey from his seat.
In popular language, it is a word of general application. But the word has two appropriate uses, one by seamen, and the other by milkmaids, viz.
2.
To raise, to lift or bear upwards by means of tackle; and to draw up or raise, as a sail along the masts or stays, or as a flag, though by a single block only. Hoist the main-sail. Hoist the flag.3.
To lift and move the leg backwards; a word of command used by milkmaids to cows, when they wish them to lift and set back the right leg.HOIST
,Noun.
Definition 2024
hoist
hoist
English
Verb
hoist (third-person singular simple present hoists, present participle hoisting, simple past and past participle hoisted or hoist)
- (transitive) To raise; to lift; to elevate; especially, to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle or pulley, as a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight.
- Alexander Pope
- They land my goods, and hoist my flying sails.
- South
- hoisting him into his father's throne
- 1719: Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
- ...but this last was so heavy, I could not hoist it up to get it over the ship's side.
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
- Between us, with much trouble, we managed to hoist him upstairs, and laid him on his bed, where his head fell back on the pillow, as if he were almost fainting.
- Alexander Pope
- (transitive, historical) To lift someone up to be flogged.
- (intransitive) To be lifted up.
- (transitive, computing theory) To extract (code) from a loop construct as part of optimization.
Usage notes
- "Hoisted" is about fifteen times more common than "hoist" in US usage as past and past participle. The "hoist" form is also uncommon in the UK except in the expression "hoist by one's own petard".
Quotations
- They land my goods, and hoist my flying sails. — Alexander Pope
- Hoisting him into his father’s throne. — Robert South
Translations
transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
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transitive: to lift someone up to be flogged
Noun
hoist (plural hoists)
- A hoisting device, such as pulley or crane.
- The act of hoisting; a lift.
- Give me a hoist over that wall.
- The perpendicular height of a flag, as opposed to the fly, or horizontal length, when flying from a staff.
- The vertical edge of a flag which is next to the staff.
- The height of a fore-and-aft sail, next the mast or stay.
Translations
hoisting device
vertical edge of a flag which is next to the staff
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height of a fore-and-aft sail, next the mast or stay
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