hoister.html - {adj. phr.} Caught in your own trap or trick. * /Jack carried office gossip to the boss until he was hoisted by his own petard./ (From Shakespeare; literally, blown up with one's own bomb.)

hoister.html - v. & n.
--v.

tr.
1 raise or haul up.
2 raise by means of ropes and pulleys etc.

--n.

1 an act of hoisting, a lift.
2 an apparatus for hoisting.
3 a the part of a flag nearest the staff. b a group of flags raised as a signal.

hoist the flag stake one's claim to discovered territory by displaying a flag. hoist one's flag signify that one takes command. hoist with one's own petard see PETARD .

hoister n. [16th c.: alt. of hoise f. (15th-c.) hysse, prob. of LG orig.: cf. LG hissen]

hoister.html - {adj. phr.} Caught in your own trap or trick. * /Jack carried office gossip to the boss until he was hoisted by his own petard./ (From Shakespeare; literally, blown up with one's own bomb.)

hoister.html - v. & n.
--v.

tr.
1 raise or haul up.
2 raise by means of ropes and pulleys etc.

--n.

1 an act of hoisting, a lift.
2 an apparatus for hoisting.
3 a the part of a flag nearest the staff. b a group of flags raised as a signal.

hoist the flag stake one's claim to discovered territory by displaying a flag. hoist one's flag signify that one takes command. hoist with one's own petard see PETARD .

hoister n. [16th c.: alt. of hoise f. (15th-c.) hysse, prob. of LG orig.: cf. LG hissen]

hoister.html - {adj. phr.} Caught in your own trap or trick. * /Jack carried office gossip to the boss until he was hoisted by his own petard./ (From Shakespeare; literally, blown up with one's own bomb.)

hoister.html - n.
(often prec. by the : see note below)
1 the masses; the common people.
2 the majority.

Use with the is strictly unnecessary, since hoi = 'the', but this construction is very common. [Gk, = the many]