Part 5335

<i>Younq.</i>

<h1>Hoiden</h1> <Xpage=698>

<hw>Hoi"den</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To romp rudely or indecently.</def>

<i>Swift.</i>

<h1>Hoidenhood</h1> <Xpage=698>

<hw>Hoi"den*hood</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>State of being a hoiden.</def>

<h1>Hoidenish</h1> <Xpage=698>

<hw>Hoi"den*ish</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Like, or appropriate to, a hoiden.</def>

<h1>Hoise</h1> <Xpage=698>

<hw>Hoise</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Hoist</er>.]</ety> <def>To hoist.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>They . . . <b>hoised</b> up the mainsail to the wind. <i>Acts xxvii. 40.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hoist</h1> <Xpage=698>

<hw>Hoist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Hoisted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Hoisting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>hoise</ets>, <ets>hyse</ets>, OD. <ets>hyssen</ets>, D. <ets>hijshen</ets>; akin to LG. <ets>hissen</ets>, Dan. <ets>hisse</ets>, Sw. <ets>hissa</ets>.]</ety> <def>To raise; to lift; to elevate; esp., to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle, as a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight.</def>

<blockquote>They land my goods, and <b>hoist</b> my flying sails. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Hoisting</b> him into his father's throne. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Hoisting engine</col>, <cd>a steam engine for operating a hoist.</cd></cs>

<h1>Hoist</h1> <Xpage=698>

<hw>Hoist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That by which anything is hoisted; the apparatus for lifting goods.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The act of hoisting; a lift.</def> <mark>[Collog.]</mark>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>(<?/)(<?/) The perpendicular height of a flag, as opposed to the <i>fly</i>, or horizontal length when flying from a staff. <sd>(b)</sd> The height of a fore-and-aft sail next the mast or stay.</def>

<i>Totten.</i>

<cs><col>Hoist bridge</col>, <cd>a drawbridge that is lifted instead of being swung or drawn aside.</cd></cs>

<h1>Hoist</h1> <Xpage=698>

<hw>Hoist</hw>, <tt>p. p.</tt> <def>Hoisted.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>'Tis the sport to have the enginer Hoist with his own petar. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hoistaway</h1> <Xpage=698>

<hw>Hoist"a*way`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A mechanical lift. See <er>Elevator</er>.</def>

<h1>Hoistway</h1> <Xpage=698>