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• A hoist is a device used for lifting or lowering a load by means of a drum or lift-wheel around which rope or chain wraps. It may be manually operated, electrically or pneumatically driven and may use chain, fiber or wire rope as its lifting medium. The most familiar form is an elevator, the car of which is raised and lowered by a hoist mechanism.

• A forklift (also called lift truck, jitney, fork truck , fork hoist, and forklift truck) is a powered industrial truck used to lift and move materials over short distances.

• A manual hoist is one of several different types of hoists that are commonly used to lift and transport heavy objects from one location to another.

1. to raise or lift, esp. by some mechanical appliance: to hoist the mainsail. 2. to raise to one's lips and drink: to hoist a beer. n. 3. an apparatus for hoisting, as a block and tackle, a derrick, or a crane.

A hoist is a device used for lifting or lowering a load by means of a drum or lift-wheel around which rope or chain wraps. It may be manually operated, electrically or pneumatically driven and may use chain, fiber or wire rope as its lifting medium. The most familiar form is an elevator, the car of which is raised and lowered by a hoist mechanism.

A forklift (also called lift truck, jitney, fork truck, fork hoist, and forklift truck) is a powered industrial truck used to lift and move materials over short distances.

A manual hoist is one of several different types of hoists that are commonly used to lift and transport heavy objects from one location to another.