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hoist

n. உயர்த்துதல், மேலேதள்ளுதல், பாய்மர உயரம், பாய்மரத்தை அடுத்த கொடியின் பகுதி, பாரந்தூக்கி, ஏற்றுமாடம், (வி.) உயரத்தூக்கு, கொடியை உயர்த்து, உயரப் பறக்கவிடு, கயிறு கம்பிகள் மூலம் மேலெழுப்பு, கயிறுகம்பிகள் மூலம் தூக்கு, தூக்கி எறி.a. தூக்கி எறியப்பட்ட.


Hoist, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hoisted; p. pr. & vb. n. Hoisting.] Etym: [OE. hoise, hyse, OD. hyssen, D. hijshen; akin to LG. hissen, Dan. hisse, Sw. hissa.] 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. Hoist, n. 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. Hoist, p. p. Defn: Hoisted. [Obs.] 'Tis the sport to have the enginer Hoist with his own petar. Shak. Hoist, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hoisted; p. pr. & vb. n. Hoisting.] Etym: [OE. hoise, hyse, OD. hyssen, D. hijshen; akin to LG. hissen, Dan. hisse, Sw. hissa.] 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. Hoist, n. 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. Hoist, p. p. Defn: Hoisted. [Obs.] 'Tis the sport to have the enginer Hoist with his own petar. Shak.


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