Definition:
				
				
				- (n.) One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything
- (n.) A mechanical contrivance, usually an endless belt or chain with a series of scoops or buckets, for transferring grain to an upper loft for storage.
- (n.) A cage or platform and the hoisting machinery in a hotel, warehouse, mine, etc., for conveying persons, goods, etc., to or from different floors or levels; -- called in England a lift; the cage or platform itself.
- (n.) A building for elevating, storing, and discharging, grain.
- (n.) A muscle which serves to raise a part of the body, as the leg or the eye.
- (n.) An instrument for raising a depressed portion of a bone.
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