1641. Wilkins, Math. Magick, I. ix. (1648), 58. It is likewise used for the elevating or lifting up of weights.
1691. in Capt. Smith’s Seaman’s Gram., II. xxiv. 129. A Gunner’s Ruler, for the Elevating of any Piece of Ordnance to any degree of Mounture.
1870. Miss Bridgman, R. Lynne, I. ix. 138. Elevatings of the eyebrows.
attrib. 1859. F. A. Griffiths, Artil. Man. (1862), 122. The elevating screw must also be clamped, or the quoins lashed.
1881. Times, 28 Jan., 3/6. The elevating gear of this gun.
