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Elevator
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) A movable plane or group of planes used to control the altitude or fore-and-aft poise or inclination of an airship or flying machine.
(2):
(n.) A mechanical contrivance, usually an endless belt or chain with a series of scoops or buckets, for transferring grain to an upper loft for storage.
(3):
(n.) One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything
(4):
(n.) A muscle which serves to raise a part of the body, as the leg or the eye.
(5):
(n.) A cage or platform and the hoisting machinery in a hotel, warehouse, mine, etc., for conveying persons, goods, etc., to or from different floors or levels; - called in England a lift; the cage or platform itself.
(6):
(n.) A building for elevating, storing, and discharging, grain.
(7):
(n.) An instrument for raising a depressed portion of a bone.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Elevator'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/e/elevator.html. 1828.
