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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Lifter

/(lĭft"ẽr)/ · Lift·er · IPA /ˈlɪftə/
01 n. One who, or that which, lifts.
  1. 1.
    One who, or that which, lifts.
  2. 2.
    A tool for lifting loose sand from the mold; also, a contrivance attached to a cope, to hold the sand together when the cope is lifted.(Founding)