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increasing in quantity or value; "a cost-raising increase in the basic wage rate"

increasing in quantity or value; "a cost-raising increase in the basic wage rate"

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

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

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

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

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

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

The act of lifting or setting up; in Amer., the operation or work of setting up the frame of a building.

n. Act of lifting, setting up, elevating, exalting, producing, or restoring to life ;-operation of setting up the frame of a building or any structure of timber.