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To: jlallen who wrote (63406)	12/11/1999 1:36:00 PM
From: lorrie coey	Respond to of 67261

...it depends on the Tense. "Saw" and "being" = past tense = "hoisted", [new English]. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913) Hoist \Hoist\, n. 1. That by which anything is hoisted; the apparatus for lifting goods. 2. The act of hoisting; a lift. [Collog.] 3. (Naut.) (a) The perpendicular height of a flag, as opposed to the fly, or horizontal length when flying from a staff. (b)The height of a fore-and-aft sail next the mast or stay. --Totten. {Hoist bridge}, a drawbridge that is lifted instead of being swung or drawn aside. From WordNet (r) 1.6 (wn) hoist n : apparatus for lifting heavy or cumbersome objects v 1: raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car" [syn: {lift}, {wind}] 2: move from one place to another by lifting; "They hoisted the patient onto the operating table" 3: raise, as of flags or sails [syn: {run up}] Check with Barry Scheck...