A wooden footstool.
A relatively small area of a roof constructed to divert water from a horizontal intersection of the roof with a chimney, wall, expansion joint, or other projection.
A signalling device used by soldiers in hostile territory to identify themselves to a friendly in low visibility conditions.
A variant of the game of darts. See Cricket (darts).
An aural warning sound consisting of a continuously-repeating chime, designed to be difficult for pilots to ignore.
An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs.
A game played outdoors with bats and a ball between two teams of eleven, popular in England and many Commonwealth countries.
An act that is fair and sportsmanlike.
In the form crickets: absolute silence; no communication.
To play the game of cricket.
A layer of leather in the heel of a shoe.
A rise; a degree of elevation.
A thief.
The amount or weight to be lifted.
The sky; the heavens; firmament; atmosphere.
An act of lifting or raising.
One of the steps of a cone pulley.
Air.
Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building.
That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.
An upward force, such as the force that keeps aircraft aloft.
An improvement in mood.
The difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway, separated by lock.
The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.
Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically.
A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below, and used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.
The space or distance through which anything is lifted.
The lifting of a dance partner into the air.
A liftgate.
To buy a security or other asset previously offered for sale.
To take (hounds) off the existing scent and move them to another spot.
To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
To arrest (a person).
To steal.
to cause to move upwards.
To elevate or improve in rank, condition, etc.; often with up.
To lift weights; to weight-lift.
To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).
To collect, as moneys due; to raise.
To alleviate, to lighten (pressure, tension, stress, etc.)
To source directly without acknowledgement; to plagiarise.
To raise or rise.
To transform (a function) into a corresponding function in a different context.