hoist (noun)
111Seychelles — /say shel , shelz /, n. (used with a pl. v.) a republic consisting of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, NE of Madagascar: a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 78,142; 175 sq. mi. (455 sq. km). Cap.: Victoria. * * * Seychelles Introduction… …
112Singapore — Singaporean, n., adj. /sing geuh pawr , pohr , sing euh /, n. 1. an island on the Strait of Singapore, off the S tip of the Malay Peninsula. 2. an independent republic comprising this island and a few adjacent islets: member of the Commonwealth… …
113Solomon Islands — Solomon Islander. 1. an archipelago in the W Pacific Ocean, E of New Guinea; important World War II battles; politically divided between Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. 2. an independent country comprising the larger, SE part of this… …
114South Africa — Republic of, a country in S Africa; member of the Commonwealth of Nations until 1961. 42,327,458; 472,000 sq. mi. (1,222,480 sq. km). Capitals: Pretoria and Cape Town. Formerly, Union of South Africa. * * * South Africa Introduction South Africa… …
115Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan, adj., n. /sree lahng keuh, lang keuh, shree / an island republic in the Indian Ocean, S of India: a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 18,762,075; 25,332 sq. mi. (65,610 sq. km). Cap.: Colombo. Formerly, Ceylon. Arabic, Serendip.… …
116Tanzania — Tanzanian, n., adj. /tan zeuh nee euh/; Swahili. /tahn zah nee ah/, n. a republic in E Africa formed in 1964 by the merger of the republic of Tanganyika and the former island sultanate of Zanzibar (including Pemba and adjacent small islands).… …
117Vanuatu — Vanuatuan, adj., n. /vah nooh ah tooh/, n. a republic consisting of a group of 80 islands in the S Pacific, ab. 1000 mi. (1600 km) NE of Australia: formerly under joint British and French administration; gained independence 1980. 181,358; ab.… …
118Saint Pierre And Miquelon — Introduction Saint Pierre and Miquelon Background: First settled by the French in the early 17th century, the islands represent the sole remaining vestige of France s once vast North American possessions. Geography Saint Pierre and Miquelon… …
119elevation — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Act of raising Nouns 1. elevation; raising, lifting, erection; upheaval, uplift; exaltation, apotheosis, deification (see deity). Informal, heave, hike, boost. See angularity, vertical. 2. (elevated… …
120heist — (v.) 1927 (in heister shoplifter, thief ), Amer.Eng. slang, probably a dialectal alteration of HOIST (Cf. hoist) lift, in sense of shoplift, also in older British slang to lift another on one s shoulders to help him break in. As a noun, from 1936 …
