Hoist

hoist, v.t. to lift: to raise with tackle: to heave.— n. act of lifting: the height of a sail: an apparatus for lifting heavy bodies to the upper stories of a building.— Hoist with one's own petard , beaten with one's own weapons, caught in one's own trap. [Formerly hoise , or hoyse —Old Dut. hy en , Dut. hij chen , to hoist.]