small words

I haven't written about small words recently. But 2 monosyllabic words I've come across this weekend are:

Hoist and Throb.

Hoist is a verb, not heard very often, except if you sail...? Hoist the sails!

Throb is not a very popular word, but I have read it in Deepak Chopra and in Christiane Northrups books recently. They both use it a verb, not the more familiar adjective form, as in "throbbing pain."

Definitions and etymology will be added later.