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• hoist sail — raise the sails (Nautical) …   English contemporary dictionary

• sail — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. cruise, voyage; set sail; navigate, traverse. See navigation. n. canvas; moonsail, moon raker; jib, foresail, lateen, lug, mainsail, mizzen, spanker, topsail. See ship. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Means of …   English dictionary for students

• hoist — /hɔɪst / (say hoyst) verb (t) (hoisted, Archaic, hoist, hoisting) 1. to raise or lift, especially by some mechanical appliance: to hoist sail. 2. Colloquial to steal, especially to shoplift. 3. Colloquial to throw. –noun 4. an apparatus for… …  

• hoist a sail — hoist a flag/sail/ phrase to raise a flag or sail to its highest position on a pole Thesaurus: sailing and boatinghyponym Main entry: hoist …   Useful english dictionary

• sail — [sāl] n. [ME seil, sail < OE segl, akin to Ger segel, prob. ult. < IE base * sek , to cut > L secare, to cut, segmentum, segment] 1. any of the shaped sheets of canvas or other strong material spread to catch or deflect the wind, by… …   English World dictionary

• hoist a flag — hoist a flag/sail/ phrase to raise a flag or sail to its highest position on a pole Thesaurus: sailing and boatinghyponym Main entry: hoist …   Useful english dictionary

• hoist´er — hoist «hoyst», verb, noun. –v.t. to raise on high; lift up, often with ropes and pulleys: »to hoist a flag, to hoist sails, to hoist blocks of stone in building. –n. 1. the act of hoisting; lift; boost: »He gave me a hoist up the wall. 2 …   Useful english dictionary

• Hoist — Hoist, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hoisted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hoisting}.] [OE. hoise, hyse, OD. hyssen, D. hijshen; akin to LG. hissen, Dan. hisse, Sw. hissa.] To raise; to lift; to elevate; esp., to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Hoist — Hoist, n. 1. That by which anything is hoisted; the apparatus for lifting goods. [1913 Webster] 2. The act of hoisting; a lift. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] 3. (Naut.) (a) The perpendicular height of a flag, as opposed to the fly, or horizontal… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Hoist bridge — Hoist Hoist, n. 1. That by which anything is hoisted; the apparatus for lifting goods. [1913 Webster] 2. The act of hoisting; a lift. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] 3. (Naut.) (a) The perpendicular height of a flag, as opposed to the fly, or horizontal …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Hoist the Colours — is a song in the feature film from the Pirates of the Caribbean film franchise. It was composed by Hans Zimmer and Gore Verbinski, and it featured lyrics by Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio. It appears as track one on the , at 1:31 in length. The… …   Wikipedia