hoise
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of hoise
1500–10; compare earlier hissa a cry used in hauling, and huzzah ( def. )
Example Sentences
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He had passed the banes of a dragon, he swore, so immense that he had ridden his hoise through its great black jaws.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
Cousin of Somerset, join you with me, And all together, with the Duke of Suffolk, We'll quickly hoise Duke Humphrey from his seat.
From King Henry VI, Part 2 by Shakespeare, William
The first thing to be done was to depose the other two prophets, Robins and Tannye, and to hoise them on their own petard.
From The Coming of the Friars by Jessopp, Augustus
It is our part to hoise up sails, and wait for the wind, to use means, and wait on him in his way and order.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh
But since he would have slammed the door on me, I set my staff in the crevice and hoised it open again.
From Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore.
From The Doré Gallery of Bible Illustrations, Volume 9 by Doré, Gustave
Being imbarked they hoised sayle, and hauing sayled about twentie leagues, the Indians which still looked on this side and that side to espie some of their enemies, discouered three Canoas.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. Vol. XIII. America. Part II. by Hakluyt, Richard
At length the Spaniardes hoised vp their sayles, and againe gathered themselues vp close into the forme of a roundel.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 07 England's Naval Exploits Against Spain by Hakluyt, Richard
This done, we shot off halfe a dozen pieces, hoised our sailes, and departed on our voyage.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 05 Central and Southern Europe by Hakluyt, Richard
The sailers are the ancient men for hoising the sailes, getting the tacks aboord, haling the bowlings, and steering the ship.
From Notes and Queries, Number 21, March 23, 1850 by Various
Here, a filmmaker who managed to reach the peak of Olympus makes the prideful, ill-fated decision to hoist a ladder toward the stars, trying to get even higher, past where even the Gods can see.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
While we won’t know until then which country will hoist the golden trophy, plenty of other big winners have already emerged over the course of the past five-and-a-half weeks.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
By the time the new bed extension and hoist were to be installed, in September 2025, Hull had become too ill, and died soon after.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
Yann LeCun, Meta’s former chief AI scientist, is among a minority who say America’s AI leaders only hoist themselves by exaggerating both the progress and danger of their latest models.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Her eyes felt glued shut; she had to hoist them open by lifting both eyebrows as high as she could.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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