(v): raise from a lower to a higher position
(v): move from one place to another by lifting
(v): raise from a lower to a higher position
(v): raise
(v): raise from a lower to a higher position
(n): lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects
(n): a device for lifting heavy loads
Extensive discussion of this verb and its etymology/usage on the page for petard and hoise.
1654 GAYTON Pleas. Notes IV. xxv. 286 He is upon his second hoyst into the Cart.