To raise or lift something up to a higher position.
From Middle Low German heizen and Old High German heizan, meaning 'to command' or 'to be called,' which evolved into the nautical sense of raising or hauling in English maritime vocabulary.
This is one of those words that's almost invisible in modern English because we say 'hoist' instead, but it survives in nautical jargon where sailors still use its variants when working with ropes and sails.
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