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hoised

Meaning of “hoised”

Raised or lifted up, especially a ship’s sail to catch the wind.

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First occurrence: Acts 27:40

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Acts 27:40
And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Acts 27:40 · retained source text

And when they had taken vp the ankers, they committed themselues vnto the sea, & loosed the rudder bands, and hoised vp the maine saile to the winde, and made toward shore.

1611 marginal noteOr, cut the ankers, they left them in the sea, &c.

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