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Raising \Rais"ing\ (r[=a]z"[i^]ng), n.

  1. The act of lifting, setting up, elevating, exalting, producing, or restoring to life.

  2. Specifically, the operation or work of setting up the frame of a building; as, to help at a raising. [U.S.]

  3. The operation of embossing sheet metal, or of forming it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning.

    Raising bee, a bee for raising the frame of a building. See Bee, n., 2. [U.S.]
    --W. Irving.

    Raising hammer, a hammer with a rounded face, used in raising sheet metal.

    Raising plate (Carp.), the plate, or longitudinal timber, on which a roof is raised and rests.