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
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
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 6. of Nouember, perceyuing not any hope of more trafficke for vs with those of Bantam, wee hoised anker and set sayle, setting our course towardes the straight of Sunda.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 10 Asia, Part III by Hakluyt, Richard
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)
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
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
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
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
In addition to Portugal, another nation targeted by Levy’s AI model is Morocco — representing a continent, Africa, that has never seen one of its nations hoist the trophy.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026
A black belt in taekwondo, the impressive Yanin sets the bar high in the opening scene, battling two goons who hoist her aloft in the splits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
But the captain mocked him for a silly fool and bade the crew hasten to hoist the sail.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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