hoi

n. [ OE. hoydon a lout, rustic, OD. heyden a heathen, gypsy, vagabond, D. heiden, fr. OD. heyde heath, D. heide. See Heathen, Heath. ] [ Written also hoyden. ] 1. A rude, clownish youth. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A rude, bold girl; a romp. H. Kingsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To romp rudely or indecently. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. State of being a hoiden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like, or appropriate to, a hoiden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Hoist. ] To hoist. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They . . . hoised up the mainsail to the wind. Acts xxvii. 40. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hoisted; p. pr. & vb. n. Hoisting. ] [ OE. hoise, hyse, OD. hyssen, D. hijshen; akin to LG. hissen, Dan. hisse, Sw. hissa. ] To raise; to lift; to elevate; esp., to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle, as a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight. [ 1913 Webster ]

They land my goods, and hoist my flying sails. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hoisting him into his father's throne. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hoisting engine, a steam engine for operating a hoist. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. Hoisted. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

'T is the sport to have the enginer
Hoist with his own petar. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. That by which anything is hoisted; the apparatus for lifting goods. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of hoisting; a lift. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Naut.) (a) The perpendicular height of a flag, as opposed to the fly, or horizontal length when flying from a staff. (b) The height of a fore-and-aft sail next the mast or stay. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hoist bridge, a drawbridge that is lifted instead of being swung or drawn aside. [ 1913 Webster ]