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Hoist

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Hoisted as high as the tackle will admit brought close together as the two blocks of a tackle in

To hoist

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The flag hoisted at the fore by a vessel desiring a pilot in the United States the union jack in Great

A spar formerly used on board of ships as a crane to hoist the flukes of the anchor to the top of the bow without injuring the sides of the ship

To cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort to lift to raise to hoist often with up as the wave heaved the boat on land

An opening for the hoist or elevator in the floor of a wareroom

An iron bucket for hoisting coal or ore

only in that she has a trysail mast close abaft the mainmast on which a large trysail is hoisted

which a yard or spar is held to the mast in such a way that it may be hoisted or lowered at pleasure

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