Part 6520

<hw>Lift</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Act of lifting; also, that which is lifted.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The space or distance through which anything is lifted; <as>as, a long <ex>lift</ex></as>.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Help; assistance, as by lifting; <as>as, to give one a <ex>lift</ex> in a wagon</as>.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<blockquote>The goat gives the fox a <b>lift</b>. <i>L'Estrange.</i></blockquote>

<-- 3b. a ride in a vehicle, given by the vehicle's owner to another person as a favor -- usually in "give a lift" or "got a lift", as "Jack gave me a lift into town." -->

<p><b>4.</b> <def>That by means of which a person or thing lifts or is lifted</def>; as: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A hoisting machine; an elevator; a dumb waiter</def>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>An exercising machine.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A rise; a degree of elevation; <as>as, the <ex>lift</ex> of a lock in canals</as>.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>A lift gate. See <cref>Lift gate</cref>, below.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<p><b>7.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below; -- used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.</def>

<p><b>8.</b> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>One of the steps of a cone pulley.</def>

<p><b>9.</b> <fld>(Shoemaking)</fld> <def>A layer of leather in the heel.</def>

<p><b>10.</b> <fld>(Horology)</fld> <def>That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.</def>

<i>Saunier.</i>

<cs><col>Dead lift</col>. <cd>See under <er>Dead</er>. <i>Swift</i>.</cd> -- <col>Lift bridge</col>, <cd>a kind of drawbridge, the movable part of which is lifted, instead of being drawn aside.</cd> -- <col>Lift gate</col>, <cd>a gate that is opened by lifting.</cd> -- <col>Lift hammer</col>. <cd>See <er>Tilt hammer</er>.</cd> -- <col>Lift lock</col>, <cd>a canal lock.</cd> -- <col>Lift pump</col>, <cd>a lifting pump.</cd> -- <col>Lift tenter</col> <fld>(Windmills)</fld>, <cd>a governor for regulating the speed by adjusting the sails, or for adjusting the action of grinding machinery according to the speed.</cd> -- <col>Lift wall</col> <fld>(Canal Lock)</fld>, <cd>the cross wall at the head of the lock.</cd></cs>

<h1>Liftable</h1> <Xpage=851>

<hw>Lift"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt><def>Such as can be lifted.</def>

<h1>Lifter</h1> <Xpage=851>

<hw>Lift"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who, or that which, lifts.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Founding)</fld> <def>A tool for lifting loose sand from the mold; also, a contrivance attached to a cope, to hold the sand together when the cope is lifted.</def>

<h1>Lifting</h1> <Xpage=851>

<hw>Lift"ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Used in, or for, or by, lifting.</def>

<cs><col>Lifting bridge</col>, <cd>a lift bridge.</cd> -- <col>Lifting jack</col>. <cd>See 2d <er>Jack</er>, 5.</cd> -- <col>Lifting machine</col>. <cd>See <cref>Health lift</cref>, under <er>Health</er>.</cd> -- <col>Lifting pump</col>. <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>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</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A pump which lifts the water only to the top of the pump, or delivers it through a spout; a lift pump.</cd> -- <col>Lifting rod</col>, <cd>a vertical rod lifted by a rock shaft, and imparting motion to a puppet valve; -- used in the engines of river steamboats.</cd> -- <col>Lifting sail</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>one which tends to lift a vessel's bow out of water, as jibs and square foresails.</cd></cs>

<h1>Lig</h1> <Xpage=851>

<hw>Lig</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Lie</er> to be prostrate.]</ety> <def>To recline; to lie still.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Scot.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer. Spenser.</i>

<h1>Ligament</h1> <Xpage=851>

<hw>Lig"a*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ligamentum</ets>, fr. <ets>ligare</ets> to bind; cf. f. <ets>ligament</ets>. Cf. <er>Lien</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, <er>Ligature</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Anything that ties or unites one thing or part to another; a bandage; a bond.</def>