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Lifting \Lift"ing\, a.
Used in, or for, or by, lifting.
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{Lifting bridge}, a lift bridge.
{Lifting jack}. See 2d {Jack}, 5.
{Lifting machine}. See {Health lift}, under {Health}.
{Lifting pump}. (Mach.)
(a) 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.
(b) A pump which lifts the water only to the top of the pump,
or delivers it through a spout; a lift pump.
{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} (Naut.), one which tends to lift a vessel's
bow out of water, as jibs and square foresails.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Health \Health\ (h[e^]lth), n. [OE. helthe, AS. h[=ae]l[thorn],
fr. h[=a]l hale, sound, whole. See {Whole}.]
1. The state of being hale, sound, or whole, in body, mind,
or soul; especially, the state of being free from physical
disease or pain.
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There is no health in us. --Book of
Common Prayer.
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Though health may be enjoyed without gratitude, it
can not be sported with without loss, or regained by
courage. --Buckminster.
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2. A wish of health and happiness, as in pledging a person in
a toast. "Come, love and health to all." --Shak.
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{Bill of health}. See under {Bill}.
{Health lift}, a machine for exercise, so arranged that a
person lifts an increasing weight, or moves a spring of
increasing tension, in such a manner that most of the
muscles of the body are brought into gradual action; --
also called {lifting machine}.
{Health officer}, one charged with the enforcement of the
sanitary laws of a port or other place.
{To drink a health}. See under {Drink}.
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