Lifting

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Used in, or for, or by, lifting. Lifting bridge a lift bridge. Lifting jack See 2d Jack, 5. Lifting machine See Health lift, under Health. Lifting pump a - (Mach.) 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.