Obs. [pa. pple. of LIFT v.] = LIFTED ppl. a. Also with up.
1413. Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton, 1483), IV. xxxii. 81. Ne neither or them shalle be the lift hand to mayntenaunce of wrong.
1617. A. Newman, Pleas. Vis., 18. Then seem’d his lookes, and lift-vp hands to say, ‘Take heed by me.’
1679. ‘Tom Ticklefoot,’ Trial Wakeman, 7. He replyed with lift up hands, God forbid … that [etc.].
1724. M. Davys, Reformed Coquet, 163. With lift-up Hands … imploring help.
