lift 
rod of a deep well-pump. (/) In a ship's rigging, one of 
the ropes connecting the ends of a yard with a masthead 
or cap. By means 01 such ropes the yards are squared or 
trimmed that is, brought into and held in a position at 
right angles with the mast. (y> A machine for exercising 
the body by the act of lifting. Also called lifting-ina- 
chine and health-lift. (A) In a lathe and in other machine- 
tools, any one of the ledges, flats, or grooves on or in the 
periphery of the headstock-pulley, and of a similar pulley 
of the shaft or countershaft from which power is taken. 
These lifts are so proportioned and arranged that shifting 
the belt from a lift of a given diameter to one of a smaller 
diameter on the headstock-pulley compels it to be also 
shifted from a lift of smaller to one of larger diameter on 
the countershaft-pulley. Thus several definite changes 
of speed of rotation may be obtained with the same belt. 
7. That which is lifted or is to be lifted. Spe- 
cifically (a) A weight to be raised: as, a heavy lift, (b) 
A gate without hinges, which must be lifted up in order 
to remove or open it. In some parts of England and the 
United States the projecting ends of the bars are let into 
mortise-holes in the posts, into and out of which the gate 
must be lifted. Also called lift-gate, lifting-gate. 
8. In a boot or shoe, one of the thicknesses of 
leather which are pegged together to form the 
heel ; a heel-lift Dead lift, (a) A lift made in the 
most difficult circumstances, as of a dead body ; a direct lift 
without the assistance of leverage or any other mechani- 
cal appliance, (b) A last resort ; a desperate emergency. 
The physician 
Helps ever at a dead lift. 
Beau, and Fl., Thierry and Theodoret, U. 1. 
Here is some of Hannibal's medicine he carried always 
in the pommel of his sword, for a dead lift. 
Shirley, Maid's Kevenge, iu. 2. 
On the lift, on the point of leaving ; ready to depart ; in 
a figurative sense, at the pointof death. [Southern U. S. j 
I can conceive of but one extenuation. Bolus was on the 
lift for Texas, and the desire was natural to qualify him- 
self for citizenship. Flush Times of Alabama. 
De ole ox is done took sick, and is on de lift. 
C. D. Warner, Harper's Mag., LXXVI. 486. 
Topping-lift (naut.), a rope used to support or raise the 
outer end of a spanker-boom oralower studdingsail-boom. 
lift 3 (lift), v. [Commonly supposed to be ult. 
akin to Goth, hlifan, steal (~>hliftus, a thief), = 
L. clepere = Gr. iMit-T-uv (aor. pass. Kkairr/vai), 
steal (see cleptomania, klepht). But the word is 
not found in this sense in ME. or AS., and this 
fact and the associations of the word make it 
clear that lift 3 , remove, take away, steal, is sim- 
ply a use of lift 2 , raise : see lift 2 .'] I. trans. To 
remove surreptitiously; take and carry away; 
steal; purloin: as, to lift cattle. 
Common thief ! ... No such thing ; Donald Bean Lean 
never lifted less than a drove in his life ; ... he that lifts 
a drove from a Sassenach laird is a gentleman drover. 
Scott, Waverley, xviii. 
The cut in question is lifted from the pages of the Sci- 
entific American, but I suspect that its reputed author in 
turn lifted it from the pages of the Engineer. 
The Engineer, LXV. 424. 
II. t intrans. To practise theft ; steal. 
The lifting law, says Dekker, " teacheth a kind of lifting 
of goods cleane awaye." 
Belman of London (1608). (HcMiwett.) 
One other peculiar virtue you possess, In lifting, or 
leiger-du-main. B. Jonson, Cynthia's Revels, i. 1. 
Iift 3 t (lift), 11. [< lifts, v.] A thief. Dailies. 
Though you be crosabites, f oys, and nips, yet you are not 
good lifts: which is a great helpe to your faculty, to filch 
a boult of satten or velvet. 
I Greene, Thieves Falling Out (Harl. Misc., VIII. 389). 
Iift 4 t, a. An obsolete form of left 1 . 
liftable (lif'ta-bl), a. [< lift 2 '+ -able.] Ca- 
pable of being lifted. 
lift-bridge (lift'brij), . A bridge which may 
be raised to admit of the passage of a boat. 
Such bridges are sometimes used upon canals, when the 
roadway is but a little higher than the water-level. 
lifter 1 (lifter), . [< lift 2 + -eri.] 1. One who 
lifts or raises anything. 
Thou, Lord, art ... my glory, and the lifter up of my 
head. Ps. iii. 3. 
2. That by means of which something is lifted; 
an instrument or contrivance for lifting, as a 
hoisting-apparatus or elevator, a curved arm in 
a steam-engine for lifting the puppet-valve au- 
tomatically, a bucket-wheel for raising pulp in 
a paper-mill, a kitchen utensil for lifting the lids 
of a stove, etc. 
lifter 2 (lifter), n. [< lif ft + -eri.] A thief; 
one who lifts a thing for the purpose of purloin- 
ing it. In the quotation from Shakspere the word is 
used punningly, Troilus having been praised for his power 
In lifting. 
Is he so young a man, and so old a lifter' 
Shak., T. and C., i. 2. 129. 
I am dead at a pocket, sir : why, I am a lifter, master, by 
my occupation. Greene, James IV., iii. 
lift-gate (lift'gat), n. Same as lift 2 , 7 (b). 
lift-hammer (lift'ham"er), n. A form of tilt- 
hammer in which the alternate action of a 
spring in raising the hammer, and of the foot in 
the opposite direction through treadle-mecha- 
nism, imparts the blow in forging. See Oliver. 
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lifting (lifting), n. [Verbal n. of lift 2 , .] 1. 
The act of raising or rising. 
A summer bird, which . . . sings 
The lifting up of day. Shak., 2 Hen. IV., iv. 4. 93. 
2. A lift; aid; assistance. [Rare.] 
I cannot forbear doing that authorthe justice of my pub- 
lic acknowledgments ior the great helps and lifting* I had 
out of his incomparable piece. Smft, Tale of a Tub, v. 
St. An attempt ; a tentative attack. Davies. 
There had been some liftings at him in the Court by Sir 
John Cook, who had informed against him to the Lord 
Treasurer then being. lleylin, Life of Laud, p. 180. 
lifting-bar (lifting-bar), n. 1. In a knitting- 
machine, a horizontal bar which, moving par- 
allel to itself and vertically, systematically and 
simultaneouslyraises the jacks. 2. In the Jac- 
quard loom, a bar which carries and raises the 
lifting-jacks. 
lifting-blade (lif'ting-blad), . In the Jacquard 
loom, an iron rule-like blade or plate which re- 
ceives the lifting-wires when they are raised. 
lifting-bridge (lif ting-brij), n. A drawbridge 
the whole or a section of which may be raised 
by one end to clear the space beneath it. 
lifting-day (lifting-da), . Easter Monday or 
Tuesdav. See heaving-days. [Prov. Eng.J 
lifting-dog (lifting-dog), n. In mach., a de- 
vice m the nature of a pawl, clutch, or gripper, 
by the action of which a lifting movement is 
effected. See dog. 
lifting-gate (lif ting-gat), >i. Same &slift 2 , 7 (b). 
lifting-gear (lif ting-ger), . In a steam-boiler 
with an interior or inclosed safety-valve, the 
mechanism for lifting the valve from its seat. 
In one form of this gear the principal parts are a lever of 
the second order, a rod connected with the lever and the 
valve proper, and a screw passing through a nut in the side 
of the boiler and swiveled to the lever, by which the latter 
is actuated. In another form the lever is actuated by a 
rod passing out through a stuffing-box, and provided with 
a lifting-handle. 
lifting-hitch (lif ting-hieh), n. A hitch adapt- 
ed for slinging an object by a rope, so that it 
can be hoisted. 
lifting-jack (lif'ting-jak), n. A form of jack 
adapted for lifting. See jack 1 , 11 (6). 
lifting-machine (lif ting-ma-shen"), n. Same 
as health-lift. 
lifting-piece (lif'ting-pes), . A device for rais- 
ing tne hammer of a clock in striking. 
lifting-rod (lifting-rod), n. In a steam-engine 
with puppet-valves, a rod which, receiving mo- 
tion from the rock-shaft, imparts motion to the 
lifter of a puppet-valve. 
lifting-screw (lif ting-skro), n. A contrivance 
for raising weight by means of a screw; a jack. 
lifting-set (lifting-set), n. A series of pumps 
by wiich water is raised from the bottom of a 
mine by successive lifts. E. H. Knight. 
lifting-tongs (lif ting-tongz),.SiX'/- &ndpl. A 
form of tongs with concave jaws for grasping 
and lifting crucibles. 
lifting-wire (lif ting-wlr), . In the Jacquard 
loom, one of the wires which form the pattern by 
operating the warp-threads. 
lift-latch (lift'lach), n. A door-fastening con- 
sisting of a latch which is raised by turning a 
knob. 
lift-lock (lif t'lok), n. A canal-lock which lifts 
a boat confined in it by notation from one level 
to a higher level when water is allowed to flow 
into fiie lock. 
lift-pump (lift'pump), n. Any pump that is 
not a force-pump. 
lift-tenter (lift'ten'ter), n. In mach., the gov- 
ernor of a windmill that is employed in driv- 
ing grinding-stones, designed to regulate the 
distance between the upper and the lower 
stone according to the velocity. 
lift-wall (lift' wal), n. The cross-wall of a lock- 
chamber in a canal. 
lig (lig), v. i. An obsolete or dialectal form of lie 1 . 
ligament (lig'a-ment), re. [< F. ligament = Sp. 
ligamiento, ligamento = Pg. It. ligamento, < L. 
ligamentum, a tie, band, < ligare, bind. Cf. 
lien 2 .'} 1. A connecting tie or band ; anything 
that binds objects or their parts together; any 
bond of union, material or immaterial. 
Common and described prayers are the most excellent 
instrument and act and ligament of the communion of 
saints. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), II. 284. 
I find here a man, a woman, a child, amongst whom and 
myself there exist the closest ligaments. 
Hawthorne, Scarlet Letter, iv. 
2. Specifically (a) In anat., a band of connec- 
tive tissue serving to bind one part to another. 
Most ligaments have a particular shape, site, and office, 
and consequently receive special names. See phrases fol- 
lowing. ( j) In conch., a band of uncalcified chit- 
inous cuticular substance which unites the 
ligamentary 
valves of a bivalve shell. It is usually elastic, and 
so disposed that when the valves are closed it is either 
compressed or put upon the stretch, in either of which 
opposite cases it antagonizes the action of the adductor 
muscles and tends to divaricate the valves. 
Conchologists commonly draw a distinction between an 
internal and an external ligament; but, in relation to the 
body of the animal, all liyaments are external, and their 
internality or externality is in respect of the hinge-line, 
or the line along which the edges of the valves meet. 
Huxley, Anat. Invert., p. 406. 
Acromloclavlcular ligaments, alar ligaments, an- 
nular ligament. See the adjectives. Annular liga- 
ment of the stapes, the capsular ligament connecting 
the foot of the stapes with the margin of the fenestra ova- 
lis. Arcuate ligament. See arcuate. Atlo-axold 
ligament. See atto-axoid. Broad ligament. (a)0t the 
liver, the falciform or suspensory ligament, consisting of 
two layers of peritoneum, passing between the liver and 
the diaphragm, (b) Of the uterus, the fold of peritoneum 
which extends from the uterus to the pelvis on either side. 
Burns's or Hey's ligament, the upper border of the 
saphenons opening in the fascia lata of the thigh; the 
femoral ligament or falciform process. Alsocalled/emoraZ 
ligament of Hey. Camper's ligament. See triangular 
ligament oftheurethra, under triangular. Capsular liga- 
ment. See capsular. Central ligament. See central. 
Check-ligaments, two stout fibrous cords, one on each 
side, passing from the occipital condylesand margin of the 
foramen magnum to the odontoid process of the axis, thus 
limiting or checking the rotation of the head upon the axis. 
Also called lateral or alar odontoid ligaments. Ciliary, 
conoidal, coraco-acromial, coracoclavicular, cora- 
cohumeral ligament. See tne adjectives, and cut under 
knee-joint. Coracoid ligament, a fibrous band convert- 
ing the suprascapular notch into a foramen. Coronary, 
costocolic, cotylold, crucial ligaments. See the adjec- 
tives. Deltoid ligament, the internal lateral ligament of 
the ankle-joint. Falciform ligament. See falciform. 
Femoral ligament of Hey. Same as Burns's ligament. 
Gastrosplenic ligament. See gastmsplenic. Gimber- 
nat's ligament, that portion of Poupart's ligament which 
is reflected along the iliopectineal line. Glenoid liga- 
ment, a flbrocartilaginous band surrounding the glenoid 
fossa of the scapula. Hey's ligament. Same as Burns's 
ligament. Hyo-eplglottic, iiiofemoral, iliolumbar, 
Intermuscular ligaments. See the adjectives. Liga- 
ment of Winslow, the principal ligament of the back of 
the knee-joint, largely derived from expansions of the ten- 
dons of muscles, especially of the semimembnuiosus. 
Ligament of Zlnn, a fibrous band attached to the border 
ofthe optic foramen, whence the recti muscles of the eye- 
ball arise. Ligaments of the diaphragm. See dia- 
phragm. Lumbosacral ligament. See lum bosacral. 
Mucous ligament, a ligament traversing the synovial 
cavity of the knee from the anterior wall of the synovial 
membrane to the intercondylar notch of the femur. Nu- 
chal ligament. See ligamentum nucho?. under ligamen- 
lum. Odontoid ligaments. See check-ligaments. Or- 
bicular ligament, a circular band of fibers confining the 
head of the radius in the lesser sigmoid cavity of the ulna. 
Poupart's ligament, 
the thickened lower border 
of the aponeurosis of the 
external oblique muscle of 
the abdomen, continuous 
with the fascia lata of the 
thigh, extending from the 
anterior superior epinous 
process of the ilium in the 
line of the groin to the spine 
of the os pubis ; the crural 
arch, beneath which emerge 
the great vessels and nerves 
of the front of the thigh, 
and just above which is the 
inguinal canal for the sper- 
matic cord, or for the round 
ligament of the uterus. 
Rhomboid ligament, the 
costoclavicular ligament. 
Round ligament, (a) Of 
the hip, a short, stout fibrous 
cord connecting th cavity 
of the acetabulum with the 
depression upon the summit 
of the head of the thigh-bone. (6) Of the liver, the imper- 
vious cord formed by the umbilical vein, passing from the 
navel to the under surface of the liver, (c) Of the uterus, a 
rounded cord on each side between the layers of the broad 
ligament, passing from the upper part of the womb to the 
internal abdominal ring and thence through the inguinal 
canal to the labia majora, consisting of fibrous, areolar. and 
some muscular tissue, with vessels and nerves inclosed in a 
fold of peritoneum. It corresponds in part to the spermatic 
cord of the male. Stellate ligaments, the anterior cos- 
tovertebral ligaments. Stylohyoid ligament, the rep- 
resentative in man of the epihyal bone of some mammals, 
situated between the stylohyal and ceratohyal elements of 
the hyoidean arch. Suspensory ligament, (a) Of the 
liver. See broad ligament (a). (fc)Of the mammse, processes 
of the superficial thoracic fascia entering and supporting 
these glands, (c) Of the penis, the fibrous attachment of 
the root of the organ to the symphysis pubis. (d) Of the 
spleen, a fold of peritoneum connecting the spleen with the 
diaphragm. Tarsal ligament. See palpebral ligament, 
under palpebral. Transverse ligament of the atlas, 
a stout cord extending across the ring of the atlas, and hold- 
ing the odontoid process of the axis in place. Its rupture, 
asinhanging, causes instant death from impact of the odon- 
toid process upon the medulla oblongata. Trapezoid 
ligament, the squarish portion of the acromioclavicu- 
larligament. Veslco-umbilical ligament, the urachus. 
Y- ligament Of Blgelow, the lower forked part of the 
iliofemoral ligament. 
ligamenta, . Plural of ligamentum. 
ligamental (lig-a-men'tal), n. [< ligament + 
-al.J Same as liyamentotu,: [Rare.] 
ligamentary (lig-a-men'ta-ri), a. [< ligament 
+ -ary.~\ Same as ligameiitous. 
IL 
Pb 
Left Innominate Bone of Man, 
showing PJ>, Poupart's ligament; 
//, ilium; is, ischium; Pb, pubis; 
A, acetabulum. 
