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Hoise

Hoise \Hoise\, v. t. [See Hoist.] To hoist. [Obs.]

They . . . hoised up the mainsail to the wind.
--Acts xxvii. 40.

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hoise

vb. 1 (context transitive obsolete except in dialects or after Shakespeare English) to hoist 2 (context intransitive obsolete English): to hoist, be raised

Usage examples of "hoise".

Hence, if we are mining it further away, we will be collecting the bauxite with pickaxe and shovel, carrying it out of the mine by wheelbarrow, hoist, or mine car, and shipping it to the processing plant by pack mule, wagon, barge or ship.

I do not pretend to hoist up the Bibliotheca Anatomica of Mangetus and spread it on my table every day.

Divil in my patten if I would not go back to Donnybrook and Dublin, hoist the Orange cockade, and become as good an Orange boy as ever.