01 n. One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything.
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One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything.
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A mechanical contrivance, usually an endless belt or chain with a series of scoops or buckets, for transferring grain to an upper loft for storage.
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A cage or platform (called an elevator car) and the hoisting machinery in a hotel, warehouse, mine, etc., for conveying persons, goods, etc., to or from different floors or levels; -- called in England a lift; the cage or platform itself. Also: lift
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A building for elevating, storing, and discharging, grain.
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A muscle which serves to raise a part of the body, as the leg or the eye.(Anat.)
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An instrument for raising a depressed portion of a bone.(Surg.)
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A movable plane or group of planes used to control the altitude or fore-and-aft poise or inclination of an airship or flying machine.(Aëronautics)