Meaning

• A hoisting device, such as pulley or crane.

• The act of hoisting; a lift.

  "Give me a hoist over that wall."

• The perpendicular height of a flag, as opposed to the fly, or horizontal length, when flying from a staff.

• The vertical edge of a flag which is next to the staff.

• The height of a fore-and-aft sail, next the mast or stay.

Meaning

• To raise; to lift; to elevate (especially, to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle or pulley, said of a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight).

• To lift a trophy or similar prize into the air in celebration of a victory.

• To lift someone up to be flogged.

• To be lifted up.

• To extract (code) from a loop construct as part of optimization.

• To steal, to rob.