1. The act of raising; an apparatus for hoisting; height of a sail.

2. To raise with tackle; to heave.

Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language By Nuttall, P.Austin

• hosty,
• hiest,
• hobyist,
• boist,
• honost,
• habist,
• hevist,
• hotest,
• heigt,
• honst,
• houise,
• hounst,
• hotet,
• howit,
• higist,
• ehost,
• hist,
• honist,
• higst,
• honast

• host,
• hosta,
• moist,
• hog-tie,
• hogget,
• hoists,
• Hogsett,
• hoister,
• hocutt.

The adjective form of the word "hoist" is "hoisted".

The plural of the "hoist" can be the "hoists".

The singular of the "hoist" can be the "hoist".