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adjective

Lifting adj. Used in, or for, or by, lifting.

Lifting bridge, a lift bridge.

Lifting jack. See 2d Jack, 5.

Lifting machine. See Health lift, under Health.

Lifting pump. (Mach.)

(a)

A kind of pump having a bucket, or valved piston, instead of a solid piston, for drawing water and lifting it to a high level.

(b)

A pump which lifts the water only to the top of the pump, or delivers it through a spout; a lift pump.

Lifting rod, a vertical rod lifted by a rock shaft, and imparting motion to a puppet valve; used in the engines of river steamboats.

Lifting sail (Naut.), one which tends to lift a vessel's bow out of water, as jibs and square foresails.

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Etymology of 'Lifting'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Lifting" Quotes from Famous Books

... lifting her eyes. There was a wonderful light in them, and yet a light that seemed to shine from afar. "Wouldn't that ...

— The Street Called Straight • Basil King

... to touch the young confidante to the very depths of her soul; a shade of sadness crossed her brow, her eyelids dropped, and for some time she answered nothing, showing sorrow rather than surprise. Then, lifting her head gently, ...

— CELEBRATED CRIMES, COMPLETE - JOAN OF NAPLES--1343-1382 • ALEXANDRE DUMAS, PERE

... I glanced inquiringly at Mrs. Vanderbridge, hoping that she would introduce me, but she went on talking rapidly in an intense, quivering voice, without noticing the presence of her guest by so much as the lifting of her eyelashes. Mr. Vanderbridge still sat there, silent and detached, and all the time the eyes of the stranger—starry eyes with a mist over them—looked straight through me at the tapestry on the wall. I knew she ...

— The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story • Various

... to the company, he perceived a considerable alteration in the appearance of the ship; the sides were visibly giving way; the deck seemed to be lifting and he discovered other strong indications that she could not hold much longer together. On this account, he attempted to go forward to look out, but immediately saw that the ship had separated in the middle, and that the fore-part having changed its position, ...

— Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy • Anonymous

... an air of bored amusement; he finished grimly, read and reread. In the light of the Craig-and-Whitaker analysis, which dovetailed in the similarity of their venom, the details might, he fancied with a lifting of his brows, be classified under three general headings: youth, irresponsibility and a romantic attitude toward ...

— Kenny • Leona Dalrymple

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