01 n. The act of lifting, setting up, elevating, exalting, producing, or restoring to life.
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1.
The act of lifting, setting up, elevating, exalting, producing, or restoring to life.
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2.
Specifically, the operation or work of setting up the frame of a building; as, to help at a raising.[U.S.]
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3.
The operation of embossing sheet metal, or of forming it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning.
Phrases & compounds
Raising hammer —
a hammer with a rounded face, used in raising sheet metal.
Raising plate —
the plate, or longitudinal timber, on which a roof is raised and rests.