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  • Look up hoist in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Hoist may refer to: Hoist (device), a machine for lifting loads Hoist controller, a machine for raising...
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    In underground mining a hoist or winder is used to raise and lower conveyances within the mine shaft. Modern hoists are normally powered using electric...
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    A hoist is a device used for lifting or lowering a load by means of a drum or lift-wheel around which rope or chain wraps. It may be manually operated...
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    "Hoist with his own petard" is a phrase from a speech in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet that has become proverbial. The phrase's meaning is that a...
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  • Hoist Finance is an asset manager specialised in non-performing loans. For more than 25 years, Hoist Finance has focused on investing in and managing debt...
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  • A hoist controller is the controller for a hoist. The term is used primarily in the context of electrically operated hoists, but it is apparent that the...
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  • Hoist (stylized as (HOIST)) is the fifth studio album by the American rock band Phish, released on March 29, 1994, by Elektra Records. At the time of...
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    A Hills Hoist is a height-adjustable rotary clothes line, designed to permit the compact hanging of wet clothes so that their maximum area can be exposed...
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    USS Hoist (ARS-40) was a Bolster-class rescue and salvage ship acquired by the United States Navy during World War II. Her task was to come to the aid...
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  • A hoist motion is used in Canadian legislative bodies to cause a bill not to be read now, but six months hence, or any number of months hence. In the House...
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  • to 275 tons. The American Crane Corporation was founded in 1882 as the Franklin Manufacturing Company, and in 1892 the name changed to American Hoist...
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  • Hollywood CA Creative Direction: Steve Gerdes Album Design: Sean Tejaratchi "Hoist the Colours" Cabin Boy Vocals by Brendyn Bell Singing Gallows Pirates: Chris...
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  • along the hoist for attaching a flag to its rope. Hoist The half or edge of a flag nearest to the flagpole. This term also sometimes refers to the vertical...
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    Patient lift (redirect from Patient hoist)
    A patient lift (patient hoist, jack hoist, Hoyer lift, or hydraulic lift) may be either a sling lift or a sit-to-stand lift. This is an assistive device...
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  • Hoist The Flag (1968–1980) was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse. He was the outstanding two-year-old colt in the United States in 1970 when...
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    into a horizontal "Y" shape, the arms of which end at the corners of the hoist side (and follow the flag's diagonals). The "Y" embraces a black isosceles...
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    An engine crane (also referred as engine hoist) is a common repair tool used in vehicle repair shops to remove or install gasoline or diesel engines in...
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  • Hydraulic hooklift hoists are mounted on heavy duty trucks to enable hauliers to change out flatbeds, dumpster bodies, and similar containers. Primarily...
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    cross bordered in white that extends to the edges of the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side in the style of the Dannebrog...
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  • except for those of Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia which are depicted with the hoist to the right. Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z...
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