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   Hoist

   /hoist/

   

   verb

   • 1. raise (something) by means of ropes and pulleys: "high overhead great cranes hoisted girders"
   • ▪ raise or haul up: "she hoisted her backpack onto her shoulder"

   noun

   • 1. an act of raising or lifting something.
   • ▪ an apparatus for lifting or raising something: "mechanical lifts or hoists for firefighting purposes"
   • ▪ an act of increasing something: "the government's interest rate hoist"
   • 2. the part of a flag nearest the staff; the vertical dimension of a flag.
   • 3. a group of flags raised as a signal.

   Word Origin late 15th century: alteration of dialect hoise, probably from Dutch hijsen or Low German hiesen, but recorded earlier.

   Derivatives

   • 1. hoister noun

   Scrabble Points: 8

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   • O

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