lifter

One who lifts or raises anything.

That by means of which something is lifted; an instrument or contrivance for lifting, as a hoisting-apparatus or elevator, a curved arm in a steam-engine for lifting the puppet-valve automatically, a bucket-wheel for raising pulp in a paper-mill, a kitchen utensil for lifting the lids of a stove, etc.

A thief; one who lifts a thing for the purpose of purloining it.

In founding:

One of the hooks suspended from the bars of a moldingbox into the mold to support the sand.

One who, or that which, lifts.

A tool for lifting loose sand from the mold; also, a contrivance attached to a cope, to hold the sand together when the cope is lifted.

Someone or something that lifts or assists in lifting.

A weightlifter.

A spatula.