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hoist / hoist/ • v. [tr.] raise (something) by means of ropes and pulleys: high overhead great cranes hoisted girders. ∎ [tr.] raise or haul up: she hoisted her backpack onto her shoulder. • n. 1. an act of raising or lifting something. ∎ fig. an act of increasing something: the government's interest rate hoist. ∎ an apparatus for lifting or raising something. 2. the part of a flag nearest the staff; the vertical dimension of a flag. 3. a group of flags raised as a signal. PHRASES: hoist one's flag (of an admiral) take up command. hoist the flag stake one's claim to discovered territory by displaying a flag. hoist by one's own petard see petard.DERIVATIVES: hoist·er n. ORIGIN: late 15th cent.: alteration of dialect hoise, probably from Dutch hijsen or Low German hiesen, but recorded earlier. |
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"hoist." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "hoist." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-hoist.html "hoist." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-hoist.html |
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hoist.
1. The name given to the luff of a sail of a vessel with a fore-and-aft rig; the distance which it must be hoisted to get a taut luff. In a square sail it is the depth of the sail measured from its midpoint. 2. That part of a flag or ensign which lies along the flagstaff and to which the halyards are bent. 3. The lift which carries a shell from a ship's magazine to the gun from which it is to be fired. 4. As a verb, the operation of hauling something up, particularly a sail or a flag, though the word is used in connection with most things which have to be lifted. An exception is a yard of a square-rigged ship which is swayed up, never hoisted. |
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"hoist." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "hoist." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-hoist.html "hoist." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-hoist.html |
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hoist vb. XVI. alt. of hoise (XVI), earlier hys(s)e (XV), Sc. heis (XVI); prob. — Du. hijschen or LG. hissen, hiesen, but the Eng. forms are earlier than any cited from elsewhere. The word appears early as an int. used in hauling: Eng. hissa, heisau, etc.
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T. F. HOAD. "hoist." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "hoist." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-hoist.html T. F. HOAD. "hoist." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-hoist.html |
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hoist n.
1. the part of a flag nearest the staff. 2. a group of flags raised as a signal. hoist one's flag (of an admiral) take up command. |
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"hoist." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "hoist." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-hoist.html "hoist." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-hoist.html |
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hoist
hoist see winch . |
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"hoist." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "hoist." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-hoist.html "hoist." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-hoist.html |
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Hoist
Hoist, see SLOTE.
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PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Hoist." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Hoist." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-Hoist.html PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Hoist." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-Hoist.html |
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hoist
•foist, hoist, joist, moist, unvoiced
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"hoist." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "hoist." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-hoist.html "hoist." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-hoist.html |
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