Word Meanings - HOISE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To hoist. They . . . hoised up the mainsail to the wind. Acts xxvii. 40.

Related words: (words related to HOISE)

• HOIST
  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. They land my goods, and hoist my flying sails. Pope. Hoisting him into his father's throne.
• HOISTAWAY
  A mechanical lift. See Elevator.
• HOISTWAY
  An opening for the hoist, or
• HOISE
  To hoist. They . . . hoised up the mainsail to the wind. Acts xxvii. 40.
• MAINSAIL
  The principal sail in a ship or other vessel. hoised up the mainsail to the wind. Acts xxvii. 40. Note: The mainsail of a ship is extended upon a yard attached to the mainmast, and that of a sloop or schooner upon the boom.