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Webster 1913 Edition
Lifting
Lift′ing
,Adj.
Used in, or for, or by, lifting.
Lifting bridge
, a lift bridge.
– Lifting jack
. See 2d
– Jack
, 5. Lifting machine
. See
– Health lift
, under Health
. Lifting pump
. (Mach.)
(a)
A kind of pump having a bucket, or valved piston, instead of a solid piston, for drawing water and lifting it to a high level.
(b)
A pump which lifts the water only to the top of the pump, or delivers it through a spout; a lift pump.
– Lifting rod
, a vertical rod lifted by a rock shaft, and imparting motion to a puppet valve; – used in the engines of river steamboats.
– Lifting sail
(Naut.)
, one which tends to lift a vessel’s bow out of water, as jibs and square foresails.
Webster 1828 Edition
Lifting
LIFT'ING
,ppr.
LIFT'ING
,Noun.