lifting

The act of raising or rising.

A lift; aid; assistance.

An attempt; a tentative attack.

Used in, or for, or by, lifting.

a lift bridge.

See 2d Jack, 5.

See Health lift, under Health.

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

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

one which tends to lift a vessel’s bow out of water, as jibs and square foresails.