D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Lifting

· Lift·ing · IPA /ˈlɪf.tɪŋ/
01 a. Used in, or for, or by, lifting.
  1. 1.
    Used in, or for, or by, lifting.
Phrases & compounds
Lifting bridge — a lift bridge.
Lifting jack — See 2d Jack, 5.
Lifting machine — See Health lift, under Health.
Lifting pump — A kind of pump having a bucket, or valved piston, instead of a solid piston, for drawing water and lifting it to a high level.
Lifting rod — a vertical rod lifted by a rock shaft, and imparting motion to a puppet valve; -- used in the engines of river steamboats.
Lifting sail — one which tends to lift a vessel's bow out of water, as jibs and square foresails.