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Webster 1913 Edition
Elevator
El′e-vaˊtor
,Noun.
[L., one who raises up, a deliverer: cf. F.
élévateur
.] 1.
One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything.
2.
A mechanical contrivance, usually an endless belt or chain with a series of scoops or buckets, for transferring grain to an upper loft for storage.
3.
A cage or platform (called an elevator
car
) and the hoisting machinery in a hotel, warehouse, mine, etc., for conveying persons, goods, etc., to or from different floors or levels; – called in England a lift
; the cage or platform itself. 4.
A building for elevating, storing, and discharging, grain.
5.
(Anat.)
A muscle which serves to raise a part of the body, as the leg or the eye.
6.
(Surg.)
An instrument for raising a depressed portion of a bone.
Webster 1828 Edition
Elevator
EL'EVATOR
,Noun.
1.
In anatomy, a muscle which serves to raise a part of the body, as the lip or the eye.2.
A surgical instrument for raising a depressed portion of a bone.