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ar, to the end of which a heavy forging is attached, and by means of which the forging is lifted and handled is hammering and heating; -- called also porter bar.

force; force producing motion or pressure; as, the power applied at one and of a lever to lift a weight at the other end.

To set forth. [Obs.] That being proposed brimfull of wine, one scarce could lift it up. Chapman.

ssel; the bow; the stem; hence, the vessel itself. Wordsworth. The floating vessel swum Uplifted, and secure with beaked prow rode tilting o'er the waves. Milton.

To raise or lift by means of a pulley. [R.] Howell.

To run too fast at times, as a marine engine or screw, when the screw is lifted out of water by the action of a heavy sea.

To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight. Hence, figuratively: --

Lifted up; showing above the surroundings; as, raised or embossed metal work.

The act of lifting, setting up, elevating, exalting, producing, or restoring to life.

To raise; to lift up; to cause to rise, become erect, etc.; to elevate; as, to rear a monolith. In adoration at his feet I fell Submiss; he reared me. Milton. It reareth our hearts from vain thoughts. Barrow. Mine [shall be] the first hand to rear her banner. Ld. Lytton.

ly author of my blood, Whose youthful spirit, in me regenerate, Doth with a twofold vigor lift me up. Shak.

Stimulated by uplift to renewed erosive activity; -- said of streams.

A raising or lifting up. [Obs.]

To lift up; to raise again, as one who has fallen; to cause to rise. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.

to summon again, as persons. [Obs.] The banished Bolingbroke repeals himself, And with uplifted arms is safe arrived. Shak.

To swallow up. Now lifted by the tide, and now resorbed. Young.

Having a ridge or ridges; rising in a ridge. "Lifted on a ridgy wave." Pope.

a & n. from Ring, v. Ringing engine, a simple form of pile driver in which the monkey is lifted by men pulling on ropes.

To be lifted, or to admit of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the type; -- said of a form.

le of rapid writing in which the letters are usually slanted and the words formed without lifting the pen; -- distinguished from round hand. -- Running part (Naut.), that part of a rope that is hauled upon, -- in distinction from the standing part. -- Running rigging (Naut.), that part of a ship's rigging or ropes wh…