Definition of lift

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Lift (v. t.) To live by theft.

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Elevator :: Elevator (n.) A cage or platform and the hoisting machinery in a hotel, warehouse, mine, etc., for conveying persons, goods, etc., to or from different floors or levels; -- called in England a lift; the cage or platform itself..
Weather :: Weather (a.) Being toward the wind, or windward -- opposed to lee; as, weather bow, weather braces, weather gauge, weather lifts, weather quarter, weather shrouds, etc..
Cog :: Cog (n.) A tooth, cam, or catch for imparting or receiving motion, as on a gear wheel, or a lifter or wiper on a shaft; originally, a separate piece of wood set in a mortise in the face of a wheel..
Uplifting :: Uplifting (imp. & p. p.) of Uplif.
Clift :: Clift (n.) A cleft of crack; a narrow opening.
Wiper :: Wiper (n.) A piece generally projecting from a rotating or swinging piece, as an axle or rock shaft, for the purpose of raising stampers, lifting rods, or the like, and leaving them to fall by their own weight; a kind of cam..
High :: High (superl.) Elevated above any starting point of measurement, as a line, or surface; having altitude; lifted up; raised or extended in the direction of the zenith; lofty; tall; as, a high mountain, tower, tree; the sun is high..
Lifter :: Lifter (n.) One who, or that which, lifts..
Light :: Light (superl.) Not burdensome; easy to be lifted, borne, or carried by physical strength; as, a light burden, or load..
Trot :: Trot (v. i.) The pace of a horse or other quadruped, more rapid than a walk, but of various degrees of swiftness, in which one fore foot and the hind foot of the opposite side are lifted at the same time..
Erection :: Erection (n.) The state of being erected, lifted up, built, established, or founded; exaltation of feelings or purposes..
Scuff :: Scuff (v. i.) To walk without lifting the feet; to proceed with a scraping or dragging movement; to shuffle.
Lift :: Lift (n.) The space or distance through which anything is lifted; as, a long lift..
Upstare :: Upstare (v. i.) To stare or stand upward; hence, to be uplifted or conspicuous..
Caisson :: Caisson (n.) A structure, usually with an air chamber, placed beneath a vessel to lift or float it..
Helve :: Helve (n.) A forge hammer which is lifted by a cam acting on the helve between the fulcrum and the head.
Arrected :: Arrected (a.) Lifted up; raised; erect.
Clifted :: Clifted (a.) Broken; fissured.
Duty :: Duty (n.) The efficiency of an engine, especially a steam pumping engine, as measured by work done by a certain quantity of fuel; usually, the number of pounds of water lifted one foot by one bushel of coal (94 lbs. old standard), or by 1 cwt. (112 lbs., England, or 100 lbs., United States)..
Tab :: Tab (n.) A loop for pulling or lifting something.
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