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Webster 1828 Edition


Hoisting

HOIST'ING

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ppr.
Raising; lifting.

Definition 2024


hoisting

hoisting

English

Noun

hoisting (plural hoistings)

  1. The act by which something is hoisted.
    • 2007, Lisa N. Trivedi, Clothing Gandhi's Nation: Homespun and Modern India
      The Madras government allowed flag hoistings in particular circumstances []

Verb

hoisting

  1. present participle of hoist

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