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hoist(Noun) A hoisting device, such as pulley or crane. hoist(Noun) The perpendicular height of a flag, as opposed to the fly, or horizontal length, when flying from a staff. hoist(Noun) The vertical edge of a flag which is next to the staff. hoist(Noun) The height of a fore-and-aft sail, next the mast or stay.
The word weigh in this sense comes from the archaic word meaning to heave, hoist or raise. Aweigh means that that action has been completed. The anchor is aweigh when it is pulled from the bottom. This event is duly noted in the ship's log. Lieut. Charles A. Zimmermann, USN, a graduate of the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, had been selected as the bandmaster of the Naval Academy Band in 1887 at the age of 26.