raising

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

In New England and the Northern States, the operation or work of setting up the frame of a building.--Webster.


On such occasions the neighboring farmers are accustomed to assemble and lend their assistance. In this why the framework of the largest house or barn is set up in a few hours.

The spectacle of a raising, though so common-place an affair elsewhere, is something worth seeing in the woods.--Mrs. Clavers's Forest Life.

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