hoistn.
1. An act of hoisting; a lift; a shove up.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > [noun] > hoisting
weighing1485
heeze1513
hoisting1641
hoist1654
heezy1719
hoise1787
1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. xxv. 286 He is upon his second hoyst into the Cart.
1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge Ep. Ded. To be lifted up by the Hoist of breath.
1813 W. Scott Let. 9 Apr. (1932) III. 251 I wish you would give the raw author..a hoist to notice by speaking of him now and then.
1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders 231 As one gets to the edge of a wall when a comrade gives a hoist up.
2. Something hoisted; (Nautical) a number of flags hoisted together as a signal.
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society > communication > indication > signalling > visual signalling > flag signalling > [noun] > signal flag > number of flags hoisted together
hoist1805
1805 W. Pasco in Daily News (1896) 21 Oct. 5/6 As the last hoist was handed down Nelson turned to Captain Blackwood..with ‘Now I can do no more’.
3. A thing by which something is hoisted; a machine for conveying persons and things from one level to another, in mines, factories, hotels, etc.; an elevator, a lift. Also preceded by a defining word.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > other means of conveyance > [noun] > lift or hoist
steam elevator1801
hoist1835
lift1851
elevator1853
tube-lift1915
stairlift1977
1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 46 The teagle..or hoist consists of three principal parts.
1860–4 Dict. Archit. (Archit. Publ. Soc.) Hoist, the name given to the machinery that has lately been introduced into building operations for the purpose of raising materials to the heights required in the construction.
1869 Athenæum 9 Oct. 466 Lifts and hoists are vulgar things in common hotels and warehouses for conveying ordinary people, sacks and casks to upper stories.
a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 12/2 Pneumatic hoist.
a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 459/1 Builder's hoist.
1901 S. Merwin & H. K. Webster Calumet ‘K’ v. 74 Long before she could be worked into the wharf, they had rigged the two hoists.
1963 A. Lubbock Austral. Roundabout 195 Small bungalow homes with the sun-fresh washing blowing..from the rotary hoists in their back gardens.
1967 Nursing Times 18 Aug. 1091/2 The Winchester hoist has also an important use in home nursing.
4. Nautical.
a. The middle part of a mast.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > mast > middle part of mast
hoist1765
1765 R. Veicht in Philos. Trans. 1764 (Royal Soc.) 54 288 Each of these parts of the mast are divided as to length, and have their proper names..the middle part, which reaches from a little below the rigging, to that place, where the lowermost part begins..is often called the hoist, or hoisting part.
b. The perpendicular height of a sail or a flag.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > perpendicular height of sail
hoist1769
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms Guindant, the hoist or height of an ensign or flag.
1841–62 B. J. Totten Naval Text-bk. 340 The hoist of a sail or flag is its perpendicular height.
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c. The extent to which a sail or yard is hoisted ( Cent. Dict.).
d. The fore edge of a staysail.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > sail set on a stay > parts of
hoist1794
stay-hole1794
1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 89 Stay-holes, holes made through staysails, at certain distances along the hoist.
1841–62 B. J. Totten Naval Text-bk. 340 The hoist of a sail.. applied to staysails or headsails, it means the foremost leeches.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. at Leeches The sails which are fixed obliquely on the masts have their leeches named from their situation with regard to the ship's length, as the hoist or luff, or fore-leech of the mizen, the after-leech of the jib, &c.
5. Housebreaking (perhaps obsolete); shoplifting. Criminals' slang.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > [noun] > act or instance of
robbinga1300
ravina1325
robberya1325
burgh-brechea1387
reif1533
hoist1714
jump1777
speak1811
trick1865
clean-up1928
heist1930
knock-off1969
hit1970
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > [noun] > from shops
shoplifting1676
hoist1795
hoisting1936
five-finger discount1966
1714 A. Smith Hist. Lives Highway-men 143 He pursued his old Courses of going on the Top or Hoist, that is, breaking into a House in a dark Evening, by getting in at a Window one Story high, which they perform by one Thief standing on the Shoulders of another.
1795 Potter's New Dict. Cant & Flash Lang. (ed. 2) Lift, or hoist, shop-lifting, or robbing a shop.
1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 180 Hoist. The game of shop-lifting is called the hoist; a person expert at this practice is said to be a good hoist.
1914 L. E. Jackson & C. R. Hellyer Vocab. Criminal Slang 44 Hoist, the profession of shoplifting.
1938 F. D. Sharpe Sharpe of Flying Squad i. 15 Shoplifting as an art known as ‘The Hoist’, and its devotees are called ‘Hoisters’.
1958 F. Norman Bang to Rights 72 My old woman's still out on the hoist now.
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hoistv.
/hɔɪst/, U.S. /hɔɪst/ 1.
a. transitive. To raise aloft; to set or put up; to place on high. (Also with up.) In later use frequently without implication of effort or much elevation.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > make to go up or cause to rise [verb (transitive)] > hoist
heave971
lifta1300
to set upa1300
lift1362
raisec1384
weigh1421
horsea1500
hawsec1500
heeze1513
hoise1548
hoist1548
wind1577
to work upc1610
hist1707
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke xxiv. 181 b His onely soonne they hoihsted vp and nayled on the crosse.
1574 J. Baret Aluearie H 500 Hoyst [1580 Hoist] me this fellow one thei backe Dromo & carrie him in.
1607 T. Heywood Woman Kilde with Kindnesse sig. A4 This mariage musicke hoists me from the ground.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iv. xiii. 34 Let him take thee, And hoist thee vp to the shouting Plebeians. View more context for this quotation
1873 J. Miller Life amongst Modocs (1876) v. 73 At last he hoisted his black fat hand to his black thick head.
1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) xii. 186 Beds of dead mussels were..hoisted ten feet above high-water mark.
1883 M. E. Braddon Phantom Fortune III. 106 Lesbia mounted lightly to..the box-seat; and Lady Kirkbank was hoisted up after her.
b. esp. A flag, colours, or the like. Here the sense is often the same as in sense 2.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > standard > [verb (transitive)] > fly or hoist flags, etc.
stretchc1400
to put outa1450
show1488
wear1558
to set out1573
to set up1585
to put abroad1625
fly1655
hoist1697
rehoist1765
run1815
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > make to go up or cause to rise [verb (transitive)] > hoist > specifically of a flag or colours
hoist1697
1697 London Gaz. No. 3329/4 Sir George Rooke hoisted his Flag on Board the Defyance.
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson i. iv. 40 We saw the two forts hoist their colours.
1836 W. Irving Astoria I. 201 The drums beat to arms, the colours were hoisted.
1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vii. §6. 406 English vessels hoisted the flag of the States for a dash at the Spanish traders.
c. spec. To lift up on the back of another in order to receive a flogging. Cf. hoister n. b.
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society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > administer corporal punishment [verb (transitive)] > lift a person for
horse1570
hoistc1719
c1719 Lett. from Mist's Jrnl. (1722) I. 183 I have been hoisted many a time for translating a Piece..for him, while he had been hunting Bird-nests.
1834 F. Marryat Jacob Faithful I. iv. 56 He was hoisted: his nether garments descended, and then the birch descended with all the vigour of the Domine's muscular arm.
1862 Mrs. H. Wood Channings I. vii. 55 Seniors have been hoisted afore now.
d. figurative.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > exaltation or glorification > exalt or glorify [verb (transitive)]
heavec825
higheOE
brightenOE
clarifya1340
glorifya1340
enhancec1374
stellifyc1384
biga1400
exalt?a1400
raisea1400
shrinea1400
to bear up?a1425
enhighc1440
erect?a1475
assumec1503
amount1523
dignifya1530
to set up1535
extol1545
enthronize1547
augment1567
sublimate?1567
sublime1568
assumptc1571
begoda1576
royalize1589
suscitate1598
swell1601
consecrate1605
realize1611
reara1616
sphere1615
ingreata1620
superexalta1626
soara1627
ascend1628
rise1628
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apotheose1632
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mount1651
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magnificent1656
superposit1661
grandify1665
heroify1677
apotheosize1695
enthrone1699
aggrandize1702
pantheonize1801
hoist1814
princify1847
queen1880
heroize1887
1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision III. xxi. 124 Modern Shepherds [of the Church] need..from behind, Others to hoist them.
1822 W. Irving Bracebridge Hall vii. 60 Having been hoisted to the rank of general.
1834 W. A. Carruthers Kentuckian in N.Y. I. 98 I thought I would run him into a stand 'fore long, but he hoisted his tail and flung me clean off the trail again.
2. To raise by means of tackle or other mechanical appliance. (Also with up.) to hoist down: to lower. to hoist out (a boat): to launch, lower. See hoise v. 1.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > make to go up or cause to rise [verb (transitive)] > raise by mechanical instrument
hoist1578
society > travel > travel by water > launching a vessel > launch or set afloat [verb (transitive)] > put out a (boat or ship) > lower a (boat)
to hoise out (forth)1585
to hoist out1719
lower1821
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > lower or let down > by mechanical means
to turn down1551
parbuckle1768
to strike down1778
to hoist down1794
to jack down1893
to wind down1961
1578 T. Nicholas tr. F. Lopez de Gómara Pleasant Hist. Conquest W. India Pref. 9 But hoysted saile to search the golden vaine.
1698 S. Sewall Diary 14 Apr. (1973) I. 392 A Lad was kill'd by a hogshead of sugar falling on him as it was hoisting into a Boat.
1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 308 We saw them by the Help of my Glasses, hoist another Boat out.
1762 W. Falconer Shipwreck ii. 101 The boats then hoisted in are fix'd on board.
1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 165 Down-hauler, a rope which hoists down the stay-sails.
1876 R. Routledge Discov. 19th Cent. 20 Engines of this kind..are also much used by contractors, for hoisting stones.
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the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > remove or take away > take up and remove
aweighOE
to cart off or awayc1440
exportc1485
hoistc1550
deportate1599
hoisea1616
deporta1641
liftc1650
c1550 Pryde & Ab. Wom. 16 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. IV. 232 But theyr prayse and cloke wyll not serve, But hoyst them to the devyll of hell.
1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 47 She saw her mistris mounted a cockhorse, & hoysted away to hell or to heauen.
1763 H. More in Philos. Trans. 1762 (Royal Soc.) 52 452 The stream..had hoisted us far out into the ocean.
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society > trade and finance > charges > [verb (transitive)] > overcharge
overchargea1400
surcharge1429
overset?1533
sauce1602
hoist1607
over-reckon1615
extortionc1650
sock1699
fleece1719
soak1895
slug1925
rob1934
1607 T. Middleton Michaelmas Terme iv. sig. G3v Tis for your worships to haue land, that keepe great houses, I should be hoysted.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Surtaux, an ouer-cessing, ouer-rating, hoisting, surcharging, in the Subsidie booke.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Surtaxé, ouer-sessed, hoisted, surcharged.
5. intransitive (for passive). To be raised, to rise aloft.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > rise or go up [verb (intransitive)]
styc825
astyc950
ariseOE
upstyOE
to step upOE
upcomec1000
to come upOE
to go upOE
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runge?c1225
amountc1275
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heavec1325
uparise1340
ascend1382
higha1393
lifta1400
risea1400
skilla1400
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raisec1400
rearc1400
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to get upc1450
transcenda1513
springa1525
upmounta1560
assurge?1567
hove1590
surgea1591
tower1618
hoist1647
upheave1649
to draw up1672
spire1680
insurrect1694
soar1697
upsoar1726
uprear1828
higher1889
1647 H. More Philos. Poems iii. App. lvi Thus dismist th' Assembly, bad Hoyst up into the Air, fly home through clammy shade.
c1860 H. Stuart Novices or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 2 It will allow the yard to hoist close up to the block.
1892 N.Y. Weekly Witn. 13 Jan. 7/5 He..marches..toward hosannas that ever hoist and hallelujahs that ever roll.
6. Criminals' slang. To break into (a building) (perhaps obsolete); to steal, rob. Cf. heist n.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > burglary > burgle [verb (transitive)] > break into or open as burglar
crack1725
hoist1796
screw1819
jimmy1893
yegg1916
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > steal [verb (transitive)]
pick?c1300
takec1300
fetch1377
bribec1405
usurpc1412
rapc1415
to rap and rendc1415
embezzle1495
lifta1529
pilfer1532
suffurate1542
convey?1545
mill1567
prig1567
strike1567
lag1573
shave1585
knave1601
twitch1607
cly1610
asport1621
pinch1632
snapa1639
nap1665
panyar1681
to carry off1684
to pick up1687
thievea1695
to gipsy away1696
bone1699
make1699
win1699
magg1762
snatch1766
to make off with1768
snavel1795
feck1809
shake1811
nail1819
geach1821
pull1821
to run off1821
smug1825
nick1826
abduct1831
swag1846
nobble1855
reef1859
snig1862
find1865
to pull off1865
cop1879
jump1879
slock1888
swipe1889
snag1895
rip1904
snitch1904
pole1906
glom1907
boost1912
hot-stuff1914
score1914
clifty1918
to knock off1919
snoop1924
heist1930
hoist1931
rabbit1943
to rip off1967
to have off1974
1708 [see hoister n. at Derivatives].
1796 Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 3) Hoist, to go upon the hoist; to get into windows accidentally left open.
1931 Amer. Speech 7 109 Heist (or hoist), to hold up a person, or to rob at the point of a gun.
1962 Coast to Coast 1961–2 21 ‘I know where we can hoist a car,’ Mick said. ‘We'll carry the stuff in it.’
Derivatives
ˈhoisted adj.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > [adjective] > hoisting > hoisted
uphoist?1567
hoised1576
hoisted?1611
?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xvii. 256 Down fell Letheides, and..the body's hoisted foot.
1897 Daily News 21 Dec. 8/3 The hoisted board ‘House Full’..is a common occurrence.
hoister n. a housebreaker (perhaps obsolete); a shoplifter; a pickpocket.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > burglar > [noun]
housebreakera1400
burglary1533
burglar1541
burglarer1598
mill1607
mill-ken1667
hoister1708
crack1749
cracksman1819
screwsman1819
screwer1831
crib-cracker1879
cracker1886
key worker1895
houseman1904
home invader1907
in and out man1961
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > pickpocket or cutpurse > [noun] > pickpocket
fig-boyc1555
foister1585
foist1591
pickpocket1591
bung1600
diver1608
pocket-picker1622
pocketeerc1626
bung-nipper1659
file1673
filer1674
shark1707
hoister1708
knuckle1781
knuckler1801
buzzgloak1819
cly-faker1819
fingersmith1819
knuck1819
fogle hunter1821
buzzman1832
nobbler1839
wire1851
gonoph1853
wirer1857
dip1859
moll-tooler1859
buzzer1862
hook1863
snotter1864
tool1865
pocket-cutter1885
dipper1889
pogue-hunter1896
pick1902
finger1925
whizz1925
whizzer1925
prat diggera1931
whizz-boy1931
whizz-man1932
reefer1935
1708 Mem. John Hall 6 Hoisters, such as help one another upon their Backs in the Night-time to get into Windows.
1790 H. T. Potter Dict. Cant & Flash Lang. Hoister, a shoplifter, a cadger.
1938 F. D. Sharpe Sharpe of Flying Squad xiv. 154 Gangs of women shop~lifters or ‘Hoisters’ are to be found in Hoxton.
1970 M. Kenyon 100,000 Welcomes ii. 10 That half-world of hustlers, hoisters, screwsmen, bogeys, bird, bent gear and tom.
1970 G. F. Newman Sir, You Bastard ii. 45 The hoister was held under a guard a dozen strong.
1971 L. R. Gribble Alias the Victim viii. 140 Cop slang. A hoister is a pick~pocket or shoplifter.
hoisting n. (esp.) shoplifting.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > [noun] > from shops
shoplifting1676
hoist1795
hoisting1936
five-finger discount1966
1936 ‘J. Curtis’ Gilt Kid iv. 39 What did you get done for? Hoisting?
1960 Observer 25 Dec. 7/6 Various petty fiddles and con games to which Christmas trading lent itself, and of course hoisting—shoplifting.
1966 New Statesman 23 Dec. 934/2 You know Annie Ward, well she's on the hoisting racket.
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- muttonbird tree
- muttonbirder
- muttonbirding
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- muttonchop whiskers
- muttoncumber
- muttoned
- muttonfaced
- muttonfish
- muttonfishes
- muttonfist
- muttonfisted
- muttonham boat
- muttonham sail
- muttonhead
- muttonheaded
- muttonheads
- muttonhood
- muttoniness
- muttonleg sleeve
- muttonmaster
- muttonmonger