hoist

UK /hɔɪst/ US /hɔɪst/
verb 5noun 5

Definitions

verb

1

To raise; to lift; to elevate (especially, to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle or pulley, said of a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight).

For tis the ſport to haue the enginer / Hoiſt with his ovvne petar, an't ſhall goe hard / But I vvill delue one yard belovve their mines, / And blovve them at the Moone: […]

They land my goods, and hoist my flying sails.

2

To lift a trophy or similar prize into the air in celebration of a victory.

And when skipper Richie McCaw hoisted the Webb Ellis Trophy high into the night, a quarter of a century of hurt was blown away in an explosion of fireworks and cheering.

3

To lift someone up to be flogged.

Again Pilatus answered them, What shall I do to the Jew’s king? They again cried out and said, Hoist him! Then said Pilatus, What evil did he? They so much the more cried, Hoist him!

4

To be lifted up.

5

To extract (code) from a loop construct as part of optimization.

noun

1

Any member of certain classes of devices that hoist things.

2

The act of hoisting; a lift.

Give me a hoist over that wall.

3

The triangular vertical position of a flag, as opposed to the flying state, or triangular vertical position of a sail, when flying from a mast.

4

The position of a flag (on a mast) or of a sail on a ship when lifted up to its highest level.

5

The position of a main fore-and-aft topsail on a ship and fore fore-and-aft topsail on a ship.

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