hoist

n : apparatus for lifting heavy or cumbersome objects

v 1: raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist

the bicycle onto the roof of the car" [syn: {lift}, {wind}]

2: move from one place to another by lifting; "They hoisted the

patient onto the operating table"

3: raise, as of flags or sails [syn: {run up}]

hotlist

(From {hypertext} "{hot spot}") A {document}

on the {World-Wide Web} or a user's {browser} configuration

file containing {hypertext} {link}s, often unorganised and

undocumented, to notable pages on the Web.

Compare the 19th century notion of a {commonplace book

(http://c.gp.cs.cmu.edu:5103/prog/webster?commonplace:book)}.

(1995-04-16)