hoiđenIsh

[Eng. hoiden; -ish.] Like a hoiden; rough, bold, romping. hoist, *hoise, *hoyse, *hoyst, v . t . [Thetis excrescent, and due to confusion with the pa. par.; the true form is hoise ; O. Dut. hy en; Dutch hijschen; Dan, heise , hi e .] 1. To raise from the ground, to lift; spec if., to raise or lift by means of a block and tackle; to run up, as a sail or a flag. "Hoising vp the sailes for to get the ship acoast in some safer place." -Hackluyt : Voyages, vol. ii., pt. ii., p. 100. 2. To lift on to the back of another person for the purpose of being flogged. "He was hoisted the birch descended with all the vigor of the Dominie's muscular arm."- Marryat: Jacob Faithful, ch. iv. 3. To torture by lifting with a rope and pulley, and then suddenly letting fall to the ground. ( Mil man .)