Hoisting is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for HOISTING in dictionary:

VERB:
• raise (something) by means of ropes and pulleys
• raise or haul up
NOUN:
• (Scott) a hosting
• an act of raising or lifting something.
• an apparatus for lifting or raising something
• an act of increasing something
• the part of a flag nearest the staff.
• a group of flags raised as a signal.
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to haul up by some mechanical means

Words related to HOISTING

hoist8 hoisted11 hoists9

Words that contain HOISTING

hoistings13 uphoisting16

How to use HOISTING in a sentence

• This of course provides for spelling out any conceivable message by simply hoisting letter after letter.
• Both boys were on their feet on the instant, hoisting the mainsail and getting everything ready to run.
• It was so deep that they were hoisting the sand up in buckets.
• Hillson seemed suddenly to become conscious of the necessity of exertion, and by giving his utmost attention to hoisting out the launch, that boat was got safely into the water.
• All that is requisite for the hoisting from the next cross beam is to give a forward turn to the screws.
• Vincent, on the 16th, at Torbay, preparatory to hoisting his flag, a letter from Parker informed him that the armament was decided upon.
• We had no firearms by which we could attract attention, and nothing else occurred to us beyond hoisting a flag of distress.
• Commander Phillips-Wolley, after hoisting out the launch, asked me if we should try to hoist out another boat, and endeavored to do so.
• The march was promptly accomplished, notwithstanding the bad roads, and the troops had the meager satisfaction of hoisting the Union flag over the deserted rebel earthworks.
• In this secondary shaft the hoisting apparatus and pumps will be run by means of compressed air.
• I have had some experience in hoisting stone in quarries.
• Andy and Frank sprang to the sails, even hoisting a small jib which they seldom used.
• Over its main door, in the gable, is a door with a hoisting beam and tackle above it, to take in the grain, and a floor over the whole area receives it.
• Such companies are often advertised weeks before their arrival in a place by hoisting flags or streamers with the names of the performers thereon.
• That is what Captain Hull did, for he was seen for a moment hoisting the boatswain on a wreck.
• As soon as I get another person conversant with the management of the steeds, I will immediately set out, hoisting high my own standard.
• Hoisting his little sail, and seating himself in the stern, with the tiller in his hand, he brought the boat round to the wind.
• Even the making and hoisting of a huge Red Cross flag over the chateau failed to arouse my enthusiasm all that day.
• But Luck was already standing on the steps and hoisting his umbrella against the drizzle, and he did not give any sign that he heard.
• At the top of the column is the hoisting mechanism for raising or lowering the striking weights.
• Lieutenant Shortland hoisted English colours, which one of the boats answered by hoisting Dutch, and another Portugueze colours.
• No danger was apparent for the crew were swimming at their ease and hoisting the live stock back into the canoe.

Similar words containing HOIST without suffix ing

hoist8 hoists9 echoist12 hoisted11 hoister10 uphoist12 echoists13 hoisters11 hoistman13 hoistmen13 hoistway17 uphoists13 hoistings13 hoistways18 uphoisted15 uphoisting16

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