RAISING

noun

Definitions

  1. 1. The act of lifting, setting up, elevating, exalting, producing, or restoring to life.
  2. 2. Specifically, the operation or work of setting up the frame of a building; as, to help at a raising. [U.S.]
  3. 3. The operation of embossing sheet metal, or of forming it into cup- shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning. Raising bee, a bee for raising the frame of a building. See Bee, n.,
  4. 4. [U.S.] W. Irving. -- Raising hammer, a hammer with a rounded face, used in raising sheet metal. -- Raising plate (Carp.), the plate, or longitudinal timber, on which a roof is raised and rests.
Added: October 09, 2025 Updated: October 09, 2025
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