Lifting

Lift·ing

Lifting

a.
  1. Used in, or for, or by, lifting.

Phrases & Compounds

Lifting bridge
a lift bridge.
Lifting jack
See 2d Jack, 5.
Lifting machine
See Health lift, under Health.
Lifting pump
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.
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
one which tends to lift a vessel's bow out of water, as jibs and square foresails.