1. Act of lifting; also, that which is lifted.
2. The space or distance through which anything is lifted; as, a long lift. Bacon.
3. Help; assistance, as by lifting; as, to give one a lift in a wagon. [Colloq.]
The goat gives the fox a lift.
L'Estrange. 4. That by means of which a person or thing lifts or is lifted; as: (a) A hoisting machine; an elevator; a
dumb waiter. (b) A handle. (c) An exercising machine.
5. A rise; a degree of elevation; as, the lift of a lock in canals.
6. A lift gate. See Lift gate, below. [Prov. Eng.]
7. (Naut.) A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below; — used for raising or
supporting the end of the yard.
8. (Mach.) One of the steps of a cone pulley.
9. (Shoemaking) A layer of leather in the heel.
10. (Horology) That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given. Saunier.
Dead lift. See under Dead. Swift. — Lift bridge, a kind of drawbridge, the movable part of which
is lifted, instead of being drawn aside. — Lift gate, a gate that is opened by lifting. — Lift hammer.
See Tilt hammer. — Lift lock, a canal lock. — Lift pump, a lifting pump. - - Lift tenter (Windmills),
a governor for regulating the speed by adjusting the sails, or for adjusting the action of grinding
machinery according to the speed. — Lift wall (Canal Lock), the cross wall at the head of the lock.
Liftable
(Lift"a*ble) a. Such as can be lifted.
Lifter
(Lift"er) n.
1. One who, or that which, lifts.
2. (Founding) A tool for lifting loose sand from the mold; also, a contrivance attached to a cope, to hold
the sand together when the cope is lifted.
Lifting
(Lift"ing), a. Used in, or for, or by, lifting.
Lifting bridge, a lift bridge. — Lifting jack. See 2d Jack, 5. — Lifting machine. See Health
lift, under Health. — Lifting pump. (Mach.) (a) A kind of pump having a bucket, or valved piston,
instead of a solid piston, for drawing water and lifting it to a high level. (b) A pump which lifts the water
only to the top of the pump, or delivers it through a spout; a lift pump. — Lifting rod, a vertical rod
lifted by a rock shaft, and imparting motion to a puppet valve; — used in the engines of river steamboats.
— Lifting sail (Naut.), one which tends to lift a vessel's bow out of water, as jibs and square foresails.
Lig
(Lig) v. i. [See Lie to be prostrate.] To recline; to lie still. [Obs. or Scot.] Chaucer. Spenser.
Ligament
(Lig"a*ment) n. [L. ligamentum, fr. ligare to bind: cf. F. ligament. Cf. Lien, n., Ligature.]
1. Anything that ties or unites one thing or part to another; a bandage; a bond. Hawthorne.
Interwoven is the love of liberty with every ligament of your hearts.
Washington.
