Lifting

Lifting bridge — a lift bridge.

Lifting jack — See 2d Jack, 5.

Lifting machine — See Health lift, under Health.

Lifting pump — A kind of pump having a bucket, or valved piston, instead of a solid piston, for drawing water and lifting it to a high level.

Lifting rod — a vertical rod lifted by a rock shaft, and imparting motion to a puppet valve; -- used in the engines of river steamboats.

Lifting sail — one which tends to lift a vessel's bow out of water, as jibs and square foresails.