different between hoist vs motorsailer

English

Etymology

Alteration of hoise, apparently based on the past tense and participle. Compare Danish hejse, Dutch hijsen, German hissen, Italian issare, Sicilian jisari (loaned from a Germanic source).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h??st/
• Hyphenation: hoist
• Rhymes: -??st

Verb

hoist (third-person singular simple present hoists, present participle hoisting, simple past and past participle hoisted or hoist)

1. (transitive) To raise; to lift; to elevate (especially, to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle or pulley, said of a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight).
   • 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe:

     […] but this last was so heavy, I could not hoist it up to get it over the ship's side.

   • 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

     Between us, with much trouble, we managed to hoist him upstairs, and laid him on his bed, where his head fell back on the pillow, as if he were almost fainting.

2. (transitive, sports, often figuratively) To lift a trophy or similar prize into the air in celebration of a victory.
3. (transitive, historical) To lift someone up to be flogged.
4. (intransitive) To be lifted up.
5. (transitive, computing theory) To extract (code) from a loop construct as part of optimization.
6. (transitive, slang) To steal.
7. (transitive, slang) To rob.

Usage notes

• "Hoisted" is about fifteen times more common than "hoist" in US usage as past and past participle. The "hoist" form is also uncommon in the UK except in the expression "hoist by one's own petard".

Derived terms

• hoist with one's own petard

Translations

Noun

hoist (plural hoists)

1. A hoisting device, such as pulley or crane.
2. The act of hoisting; a lift.

   Give me a hoist over that wall.

3. The perpendicular height of a flag, as opposed to the fly, or horizontal length, when flying from a staff.
4. The vertical edge of a flag which is next to the staff.
5. The height of a fore-and-aft sail, next the mast or stay.

Translations

References

• hoist on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• histo, histo-, hoits, shito

English

Alternative forms

• motor sailer
• motor-sailer

Etymology

motor +? sailer

Noun

motorsailer (plural motorsailers)

1. (nautical) A vessel (usually a pleasure craft) that has been designed for both sailing and motor operation.

Usage notes

Practically all modern sailing vessels have a motor that can be used for propulsion. That alone does not make her a motorsailer. In a motorsailer some compromises (such as a shallower keel) have been made to make the vessel more suitable for motoring, and consequently less suitable for sailing than a typical sailing vessel.

Synonyms

• auxiliary

Translations

Anagrams

• meliorators