Words similar to hoist

Example sentences for: hoist

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A cat purchase is a rope tackle used for hauling an anchor, especially on a cat davit , a light crane used on small vessels to hoist an anchor so it can then be swung round to lower the anchor on to the deck or overboard.
The word hawser has nothing whatever to do with the verb to hoist; neither does the `N.E.D.
It correctly derives hawser from the obsolete verb hawse, which had indeed the sense of “to hoist,” but is really a derivative, as shown, of the Latin altus.
Before Viagra, the hoist and pull mechanics of previous impotence treatments--inflatable penile implants, Caverject erection injections, and vacuum devices--made them unattractive to most men, impotent or not.
One NYPD helicopter pilot believed one portion of the North Tower roof to be free enough of smoke that a hoist could be lowered in order to rescue people, but there was no one on the roof.