hoist [hoist or, sometimes
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to raise or lift, especially by some mechanical appliance: to hoist a flag; to hoist the mainsail. to raise to one's lips and drink; drink (especially beer or whiskey) with gusto: Let's go hoist a few beers. Archaic a simple past tense and past participle of hoise . Show More
an apparatus for hoisting, as a block and tackle, a derrick, or a crane. act of hoisting; a lift: Give that sofa a hoist at your end. Nautical the vertical dimension amidships of any square sail that is hoisted with a yard. Compare drop(def 28) . the distance between the hoisted and the lowered position of such a yard. the dimension of a fore-and-aft sail along the luff. a number of flags raised together as a signal. (on a flag) the vertical dimension as flown from a vertical staff. the edge running next to the staff. Compare fly1 (def 30b) . Show More
Origin of hoist 1540–50; later variant of
hoise , with
-t as in
against , etc.
Related forms hoist·er , noun un·hoist·ed , adjective Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Examples from the Web for hoisting Contemporary Examples of hoisting They filed past hoisting homemade flags, university flags, Mexican flags, flags that said “Ayotzi Vive.”
History has no shortage of rogue explorers seizing land, hoisting their flags, and building new societies.
Meanwhile on the streets, dissatisfied Nigerians are hoisting signs reading, “Please Find Our Daughters” and “Can Anyone Hear Me?”
But it also could create a problem for Chávez, hoisting Jaua into the national spotlight.
People rush in, grabbing one boombox and then another, hoisting them up on their shoulders or in the air.
Historical Examples of hoisting Some other men and a woman were scanning the hoisting machinery with superior looks.
Evidently the work of hoisting anchors and canvas was done by steam.
They followed her to the cage, and the big 293 miner gave the hoisting bell.
As a matter of fact I do not approve of the hoisting of flags on the church tower.
Frantically, the crew backed the sails, hoisting them to take all the wind possible.
British Dictionary definitions for hoisting (tr) to raise or lift up, esp by mechanical means hoist with one's own petard See petard (def. 2) Show More
any apparatus or device for hoisting the act of hoisting See rotary clothesline nautical the amidships height of a sail bent to the yard with which it is hoisted Compare drop (def. 15) the difference between the set and lowered positions of this yard nautical the length of the luff of a fore-and-aft sail nautical a group of signal flags the inner edge of a flag next to the staff Compare fly 1 (def. 25) Show More
Derived Forms hoister , noun Word Origin for hoist C16: variant of hoise, probably from Low German; compare Dutch hijschen, German hissen
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Word Origin and History for hoisting v. 1540s, "to raise," earlier hoise (c.1500), probably originally past tense of Middle English hysse (late 15c.), which is probably from Middle Dutch hyssen (Dutch hijsen ) "to hoist," related to Low German hissen and Old Norse hissa upp "raise." A nautical word found in most European languages (e.g. French hisser , Italian issare , Spanish izar ), but it is uncertain which had it first. Related: Hoisted ; hoisting . In phrase hoist with one's own petard , it is the past participle.
For 'tis the sport, to have the engineer Meaning "to lift and remove" was prevalent c.1550-1750. As a noun, 1650s, from the verb.
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