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Pronunciation : Hoist
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. hoise, hyse, OD. hyssen, D. hijshen; akin to LG. hissen, Dan. hisse, Sw. hissa.]
Definition : Defn: To raise; to lift; to elevate; esp., to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle, as a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight. They land my goods, and hoist my flying sails. Pope. Hoisting him into his father's throne. South. Hoisting engine, a steam engine for operating a hoist.

t. [imp. & p. p. Hoisted; p. pr. & vb. n. Hoisting.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Hoist
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. That by which anything is hoisted; the apparatus for lifting goods.

2. The act of hoisting; a lift. [Collog.]

3. (fly, or horizontal length when flying from a staff. (b) The height of a fore-and-aft sail next the mast or stay. Totten. Hoist bridge, a drawbridge that is lifted instead of being swung or drawn aside.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Hoist
Part of Speech : p.
Definition : Defn: Hoisted. [Obs.] 'Tis the sport to have the enginer Hoist with his own petar. Shak.

p.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913