Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition
HOIST
I. verb
Etymology: alteration of hoise
Date: 15th century
transitive verb lift , raise , drink 1 , intransitive verb to become hoisted ; rise , see: lift hoister noun
II. noun
Date: 1654
an act of hoisting ; lift , an apparatus for hoisting, the height of a flag when viewed flying