Definitions | hoise |
| verb (hoises, hoising, hoised or hoist, hoised or hoist)
- (transitive, obsolete except in dialects or after Shakespeare) to hoist
- The scientist used the lever to the cage.
- (intransitive) (obsolete): to hoist, be raised
Etymology: Probably from obsolete Dutch hijschen (modern hijsen) or Low German hissen.
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