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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Hoisting machinery operated by compressed air, or by the creation of a partial vacuum. It consists of a cylinder fitted with a piston, which is connected by ropes passing over pulleys with the platform of the hoist. See
elevator and hoist.
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