Category:Raising

Rais"ing, n.

1. The act of lifting, setting up, elevating, exalting, producing, or Restoring to life.

2. Specifically, the operation or work of setting up the frame of a Building; as, to help at a raising. [u.s.]

3. The operation of embossing sheet metal, or of forming it into cup- Shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning. Raising bee, a bee for raising the frame of a building. See bee, n., 2. [u.s.] W. Irving. -- raising hammer, a hammer with a rounded face, used in raising Sheet metal. -- raising plate (carp.), the plate, or longitudinal timber, on Which a roof is raised and rests.