Lifting machine. See Health lift, under Health. --
Lifting pump. (Mach.)(a)A kind of pump having a bucket, or valved piston, instead of a solid piston, for drawing water and lifting it to a high level.(b)A pump which lifts the water only to the top of the pump, or delivers it through a spout; a lift pump. --
Lifting rod, a vertical rod lifted by a rock shaft, and imparting motion to a puppet valve; -- used in the engines of river steamboats. --
Lifting sail(Naut.), one which tends to lift a vessel's bow out of water, as jibs and square foresails.