Cutoneslosses vs Hoist - What's the difference?
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To raise; to lift; to elevate; especially, to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle or pulley, as a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight.
* Alexander Pope
* South
* 1719:
* 1883 , (Robert Louis Stevenson), (Treasure Island)
* {{quote-news
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(historical) To lift someone up to be flogged.
To be lifted up.
(comptheory) To extract (code) from a loop construct as part of optimization.
A hoisting device, such as pulley or crane.
The act of hoisting; a lift.
The perpendicular height of a flag, as opposed to the fly, or horizontal length, when flying from a staff.
The vertical edge of a flag which is next to the staff.
The height of a fore-and-aft sail, next the mast or stay.
cutoneslosses
Not English
Cutoneslosses has no English definition. It may be misspelled.hoist
English
Verb
- They land my goods, and hoist my flying sails.
- hoisting him into his father's throne
- ...but this last was so heavy, I could not hoist it up to get it over the ship's side.
- Between us, with much trouble, we managed to hoist him upstairs, and laid him on his bed, where his head fell back on the pillow, as if he were almost fainting.
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Usage notes
* "Hoisted" is about fifteen times more common than "hoist" in US usage as past and past participle. The "hoist" form is also uncommon in the UK except in the expression "hoist by one's own petard".Quotations
* They land my goods, and hoist my flying sails . — * Hoisting him into his father’s throne . —Noun
(en noun)- Give me a hoist over that wall.