1. verb /hɔɪst/
a) To raise; to lift; to elevate; especially, to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle or pulley, as a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight.
...but this last was so heavy, I could not hoist it up to get it over the ships side.
b) To lift someone up to be flogged.
Between us, with much trouble, we managed to hoist him upstairs, and laid him on his bed, where his head fell back on the pillow, as if he were almost fainting.
2. noun /hɔɪst/
b) The perpendicular height of a flag, as opposed to the fly, or horizontal length, when flying from a staff.
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