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Definition of Heisted
1. heist [v] - See also: heist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Heisted
Literary usage of Heisted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The French Revolutions from 1789 to 1848 by Thomas W. Redhead (1848)
"Several flung their red caps into the air; some heisted them on the ends of their
pikes. Flags were borne with threatening mottos; one man heisted a pair of ..."
2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1852)
"... (Miss heisted), Author of “the Life of Richard III.;” Contains the fallowing
articles: I. Whowas SIr Miles Hobart?!. Palgrave's Normandy and England; 3. ..."
3. Southern History of the War: The Second Year of the War by Edward Alfred Pollard (1864)
"As soon as the token of submission was heisted, the gunboats eame alongside the
fort and took possession of it, ..."
4. The Journal of the Polynesian Society by Polynesian Society (N.Z.) (1906)
"The people being apprehensive about the man, heisted up the anchor and paddled
ashore. They landed him then returned to their fishing. ..."
5. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1825)
"Last week, as -Mr. Bell, of Louth, a woman and a boy, were crossing the Treat,
the ferryman heisted the sail, which frightening Mr. B.'s horse, ..."
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