Monday 11 August 2014

Hoist



HOIST

-verb
1. (trans.) to raise or lift up, especially by mechanical means
-noun
1. any apparatus or device for hoisting
2. the act of hoisting
3. (nautical)
a. the amidships height of a sail bent to the yard with which it is hoisted
b. the difference between the set and lowered positions of this yard
4. (nautical) the length of the luff of a fore-and-aft sail
5. (nautical) a group of signal flags
6. the inner edge of a flag next to the staff























He looks glad
To be thus hoisted
Unaware that they are waiting
For him to come down

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