Definitions for: Lifting

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

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