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Hoise

Hoise

,
Verb.
T.
[See
Hoist
.]
To hoist.
[Obs.]
They . . .
hoised
up the mainsail to the wind.
Acts xxvii. 40.

Definition 2024


hoise

hoise

English

Verb

hoise (third-person singular simple present hoises, present participle hoising, simple past and past participle hoised or hoist)

  1. (transitive, obsolete except in dialects or after Shakespeare) to hoist
  2. (intransitive, obsolete): to hoist, be raised

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