hoist

Like sailors hoisting a mighty sail, burly stagehands hauled thick ropes hand over hand to roll back the stage curtain, and the performance began.

Then, with sheets hoisted up above their ankles for safety, the children daringly climbed the spiral stairs that led to the observatory, which they located handily, they explained, by following the scent of the sky.

"I was able to get hoisted into a chair, sit up a bit better... and, as the days went on, I was able to get out of bed with help from the nurses and family."

Frantic, he helped his parents hoist his six younger siblings over a backyard fence as fireballs of ignited crude descended around their home, just across the street.

Pharaoh was hoisted up so he could stand on the obelisk.