hoiz: The older form of “hoist†(Old English, hoise), to raise, to lift, and is the translation of epaıÌroÌ„, “to lift upâ€: “they ... hoised up the mainsail to the wind†(). the Revised Version (British and American) “and hoisting up the foresail to the windâ€; Wycliff has “lefte up†Tyndale “hoysed up.