Hoisting
[hɔɪst]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hoist
Typed by Geoffrey
Examples
- The hour was come, when Saint Antoine was to execute his horrible idea of hoisting up men for lamps to show what he could be and do. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Strange sitivation for one o' the family,' observed Sam Weller, hoisting the aunt into a chair. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- In this the hoisting cables from which the car is suspended have at the other end a counterweight and pass around driving sheaves in place of a drum. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The depth of water at which the Bucket Ladder dredges is regulated by the Hoisting Shears and Chain Barrel D D, driven by shafting E E from the Engines. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- With steam a drum is rotated over which a hoisting wire-rope is wound, to which the elevator car is attached. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Nor is a delay necessary in hoisting the diver clad in the new diving apparatus to the surface. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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