Lift’er, n.

n. One who, or that which, lifts or raises; as, (a.) A thief. “So young a man, and so old a lifter.” Shak. (b.) An apparatus for raising goods, &c.; as, a grain-lifter. (c.) (Founding.) A tool for dressing the mold; also, a contrivance attached to a cope, to hold the sand together when the cope is lifted. (d.) (Steam-eng.) The arm on a lifting-rod that raises the puppet-valve. See VALVE-GEAR.