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GiftingGift Gift, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gifted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Gifting.]
To endow with some power or faculty.
He was gifted . . . with philosophical sagacity. --I.
Taylor. LiftingLift Lift (l[i^]ft), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lifted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Lifting.] [Icel. lypta, fr. lopt air; akin to Sw.
lyfta to lift, Dan. l["o]fte, G. l["u]ften; -- prop., to
raise into the air. See Loft, and cf. 1st Lift.]
1. To move in a direction opposite to that of gravitation; to
raise; to elevate; to bring up from a lower place to a
higher; to upheave; sometimes implying a continued support
or holding in the higher place; -- said of material
things; as, to lift the foot or the hand; to lift a chair
or a burden. lifting machineHealth Health, n. [OE. helthe, AS. h?lp, fr. h[=a]l hale,
sound, whole. See Whole.]
1. The state of being hale, sound, or whole, in body, mind,
or soul; especially, the state of being free from physical
disease or pain.
There is no health in us. --Book of
Common Prayer.
Though health may be enjoyed without gratitude, it
can not be sported with without loss, or regained by
courage. --Buckminster.
2. A wish of health and happiness, as in pledging a person in
a toast. ``Come, love and health to all.' --Shak.
Bill of health. See under Bill.
Health lift, a machine for exercise, so arranged that a
person lifts an increasing weight, or moves a spring of
increasing tension, in such a manner that most of the
muscles of the body are brought into gradual action; --
also called lifting machine.
Health officer, one charged with the enforcement of the
sanitary laws of a port or other place.
To drink a health. See under Drink. RiftingRift Rift, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rifted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Rifting.]
To cleave; to rive; to split; as, to rift an oak or a rock;
to rift the clouds. --Longfellow.
To dwell these rifted rocks between. --Wordsworth. Shiftiness
Shiftiness Shift"i*ness, n.
The quality or state of being shifty.
Diplomatic shiftiness and political versatility. --J.
A. Syminds.
Shifting backstaysShifting Shift"ing, a.
1. Changing in place, position, or direction; varying;
variable; fickle; as, shifting winds; shifting opinions or
principles.
2. Adapted or used for shifting anything.
Shifting backstays (Naut.), temporary stays that have to be
let go whenever the vessel tacks or jibes.
Shifting ballast, ballast which may be moved from one side
of a vessel to another as safety requires.
Shifting center. See Metacenter.
Shifting locomotive. See Switching engine, under
Switch. Shifting ballastShifting Shift"ing, a.
1. Changing in place, position, or direction; varying;
variable; fickle; as, shifting winds; shifting opinions or
principles.
2. Adapted or used for shifting anything.
Shifting backstays (Naut.), temporary stays that have to be
let go whenever the vessel tacks or jibes.
Shifting ballast, ballast which may be moved from one side
of a vessel to another as safety requires.
Shifting center. See Metacenter.
Shifting locomotive. See Switching engine, under
Switch. Shifting centerShifting Shift"ing, a.
1. Changing in place, position, or direction; varying;
variable; fickle; as, shifting winds; shifting opinions or
principles.
2. Adapted or used for shifting anything.
Shifting backstays (Naut.), temporary stays that have to be
let go whenever the vessel tacks or jibes.
Shifting ballast, ballast which may be moved from one side
of a vessel to another as safety requires.
Shifting center. See Metacenter.
Shifting locomotive. See Switching engine, under
Switch. Shifting locomotiveShifting Shift"ing, a.
1. Changing in place, position, or direction; varying;
variable; fickle; as, shifting winds; shifting opinions or
principles.
2. Adapted or used for shifting anything.
Shifting backstays (Naut.), temporary stays that have to be
let go whenever the vessel tacks or jibes.
Shifting ballast, ballast which may be moved from one side
of a vessel to another as safety requires.
Shifting center. See Metacenter.
Shifting locomotive. See Switching engine, under
Switch. Shiftingly
Shiftingly Shift"ing*ly, adv.
In a shifting manner.
Shoplifting
Shoplifting Shop"lift`ing, n.
Larceny committed in a shop; the stealing of anything from a
shop.
SiftingSift Sift, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sifted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Sifting.] [AS. siftan, from sife sieve. [root]151a. See
Sieve.]
1. To separate with a sieve, as the fine part of a substance
from the coarse; as, to sift meal or flour; to sift
powder; to sift sand or lime.
2. To separate or part as if with a sieve.
When yellow sands are sifted from below, The
glittering billows give a golden show. --Dryden.
3. To examine critically or minutely; to scrutinize.
Sifting the very utmost sentence and syllable.
--Hooker.
Opportunity I here have had To try thee, sift thee.
--Milton.
Let him but narrowly sift his ideas. --I. Taylor.
To sift out, to search out with care, as if by sifting. SniftingSnift Snift, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Snifted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Snifting.] [From Sniff.]
1. To snort. [Obs.] ``Resentment expressed by snifting.'
--Johnson.
2. To sniff; to snuff; to smell.
It now appears that they were still snifing and
hankering after their old quarters. --Landor. SniftingSnifting Snift"ing,
a. & n. from Snift.
Snifting valve, a small valve opening into the atmosphere
from the cylinder or condenser of a steam engine, to allow
the escape of air when the piston makes a stroke; -- so
called from the noise made by its action. Snifting valveSnifting Snift"ing,
a. & n. from Snift.
Snifting valve, a small valve opening into the atmosphere
from the cylinder or condenser of a steam engine, to allow
the escape of air when the piston makes a stroke; -- so
called from the noise made by its action. Thriftiness
Thriftiness Thrift"i*ness, n.
The quality or state of being thrifty; thrift.
Unthriftiness
Unthriftiness Un*thrift"i*ness, n.
The quality or state or being unthrifty; profuseness;
lavishness. --Udall.
UpliftingUplift Up*lift", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Uplifting.]
To lift or raise aloft; to raise; to elevate; as, to uplift
the arm; to uplift a rock. --Cowper.
Satan, talking to his nearest mate, With head uplift
above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed.
--Milton.
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