Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An apparatus for exercising the muscles by raising a weight by a direct upward lift.
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Examples
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Gymnastics, the "health-lift," "Indian clubs," "dumb-bells," rowing, and other forms of exercise are all good; but none of them should be carried to excess.
Plain Facts for Old and Young John Harvey Kellogg 1897
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Gymnastics, the "health-lift," "Indian clubs," "dumb-bells," rowing, and other forms of exercise are all good; but none of them should be carried to excess.
Plain facts for old and young : embracing the natural history and hygiene of organic life. 1877
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"You continue your exercise with the health-lift yet, I see."
The Twins of Table Mountain Bret Harte 1869
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I learned that in the health-lift and the blue-glass solarium.
The Faith Doctor A Story of New York Edward Eggleston 1869
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