HOISE

Etymology

Verb

hoise (third-person singular simple present hoises, present participle hoising, simple past and past participle hoist or hoised)

(transitive, obsolete except in dialects or after Shakespeare) to hoist

(intransitive, obsolete): to hoist, be raised

Source: Wiktionary


Hoise, v. t. Etym: [See Hoist.]

Definition: To hoist. [Obs.] They . . . hoised up the mainsail to the wind. Acts xxvii. 40.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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