What does hoist mean in crosswords?

hoist means: raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help

Which crossword clues can have hoist as the answer?

Possible clues for hoist include "Raise by mechanical means".

Word entry · 5 letters

Best crossword clue

"Raise by mechanical means"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /hɔɪst/Part of speech verb, nounSorted hiostStarts with HEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word

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Portuguese içar (“to hoist”), Sicilian jisari (“to hoist”), all borrowed from a Germanic source.

“For tis the ſport to haue the enginer / Hoiſt with his ovvne petar, an't ſhall goe hard / But I vvill delue one yard belovve their mines, / And blovve them at the Moone: […]”
For it's amusing to have the engineer / Lifted into the sky with his own explosive, and if I'm lucky / I will dig one yard below their mines, / And blow them towards the Moon: […]
“They land my goods, and hoist my flying sails.”
“[Abasalom's] ambition would needs be fingering the sceptre, and hoisting him into his father's throne”

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