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hoist(2)(dictionary)
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hoist 1, verb(dictionary)
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hoist(1) (iou)



hoist noun. M17.
[from the verb. Cf. HEIST noun.]
I.
An act of hoisting or raising something aloft; a lift (up), a raise. M17.
S. R. Crockett As one gets to the edge of a wall when a comrade gives a hoist up. Sunday Times Expect a big hoist in the dividend when Lonrho reports its full-year figures.
Orig., housebreaking. Now, shoplifting. Chiefly in on the hoist. slang. E19.
II.
The middle part of a ship's mast; the perpendicular height of a sail or flag; the fore edge of a staysail; the part of a flag nearest to the mast or staff. M18.
Something hoisted; a group of flags raised as a signal. E19.
A device or mechanism for hoisting; a goods elevator. M19.
T. Pynchon Turns out the only way down is by a cable, hooked to an overhead hoist.
b. In full rotary hoist. A rotary clothes-drier. Austral. M20.
A. Lubbock The..washing blowing..from the rotary hoists in their back gardens.