Raising

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Raise.

II. Raising ·noun The act of lifting, setting up, elevating, exalting, producing, or restoring to life.

III. Raising ·noun Specifically, the operation or work of setting up the frame of a building; as, to help at a raising.

IV. Raising ·noun The operation of embossing sheet metal, or of forming it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning.

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