Word of the Day: Catachrestical
1. To raise; to lift.
2. We'll quickly hoist duke Humphrey from his seat.
3. In popular language, it is a word of general application. But the word has two appropriate uses, one by seamen, and the other by milkmaids, viz.
4. To raise, to lift or bear upwards by means of tackle; and to draw up or raise, as a sail along the masts or stays, or as a flag, though by a single block only. hoist the main-sail. hoist the flag.
5. To lift and move the leg backwards; a word of command used by milkmaids to cows, when they wish them to lift and set back the right leg.
1. That by which anything is hoisted; the apparatus for lifting goods.
2. The act of hoisting; a lift.
3. The perpendicular height of a flag, as opposed to the fly, or horizontal length when flying from a staff.
4. The height of a fore-and-aft sail next the mast or stay.
Raised; lifted; drawn up.
1. Raising; lifting.
2. HOITY TOITY , an exclamation, denoting surprise or disapprobation, with some degree of contempt.
3. Hoity toity, what have I to do with dreams?
Elevation Roget’s Thesaurus §307
N. elevation, raising, erection, lift, # sublevation, upheaval, sublimation, exaltation, prominence, lever, crane, derrick, windlass, capstan, winch, dredge, dredger, dredging machine, dumbwaiter, elevator, escalator, lift
V. heighten, elevate, raise, lift, erect, set up, stick up, perch up, perk up, tilt up, rear, hoist, heave, uplift, upraise, uprear, upbear, upcast, uphoist, upheave, buoy, weigh mount, give a lift, exalt, sublimate, place on a pedestal, set on a pedestal, escalate (increase) 35, 102, 194, take up, drag up, fish up, dredge, stand up, rise up, get up, jump up, spring to one's feet, hold oneself, hold one's head up, drawn oneself up to his full height
Adv. on stilts, on the shoulders of, on one's legs, on one's hind legs
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0 KJV and 2 BSB verses contain “Hoist”
Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven.