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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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ONLIFT, n. An act of lifting on.Sc. 1879 P. H. Waddell Isaiah 1:
His uplifts an' onlifts an' a', far ayont Babel an' the Nile.

[On-, pref.1, + lift.]

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