Crane (noun)
Any bird of the family Gruidae, large birds with long legs and a long neck which is extended during flight.
Crane (noun)
Ardea herodias, the great blue heron.
Crane (noun)
A mechanical lifting machine or device, often used for lifting heavy loads for industrial or construction purposes.
Crane (noun)
An iron arm with horizontal motion, attached to the side or back of a fireplace for supporting kettles etc. over the fire.
Crane (noun)
A siphon, or bent pipe, for drawing liquors out of a cask.
Crane (noun)
A forked post or projecting bracket to support spars, etc.; generally used in pairs.
Crane (verb)
To extend (one’s neck).
Crane (verb)
To crane.
Crane (verb)
To pull up before a jump.
Hoist (verb)
To raise; to lift; to elevate (especially, to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle or pulley, said of a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight).
Hoist (verb)
To lift a trophy or similar prize into the air in celebration of a victory.
Hoist (verb)
To lift someone up to be flogged.
Hoist (verb)
To be lifted up.
Hoist (verb)
To extract (code) from a loop construct as part of optimization.
Hoist (verb)
To steal, to rob.
Hoist (noun)
A hoisting device, such as pulley or crane.
Hoist (noun)
The act of hoisting; a lift.
“Give me a hoist over that wall.”
Hoist (noun)
The perpendicular height of a flag, as opposed to the fly, or horizontal length, when flying from a staff.
Hoist (noun)
The vertical edge of a flag which is next to the staff.
Hoist (noun)
The height of a fore-and-aft sail, next the mast or stay.