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Haft
//hæft// noun, verb
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The handle of a tool or weapon.
"See this brandiſh'd Dagger: / […] / I'll bury to the haft, in her fair breaſt, / This Inſtrument of my Revenge."
- 2 Alternative spelling of heft (“piece of pastureland which farm animals (chiefly cattle or sheep) have become accustomed to; flock or group of farm animals (chiefly cattle or sheep) which have become accustomed to a particular piece of pastureland”). Northern-England, Scotland, alt-of, alternative
- 3 the handle of a weapon or tool wordnet
Verb
- 1 To fit a handle to (a tool or weapon). transitive
"Instead, they made finely crafted bone points to haft onto their spears, reserving the use of flint mostly for blades and scrapers."
- 2 Alternative spelling of heft (“(transitive) to accustom (a flock or group of farm animals, chiefly cattle or sheep) to a piece of pastureland; to establish or settle (someone) in an occupation or place of residence; to establish or plant (something) firmly in a place; (intransitive, reflexive) of a thing: to establish or settle itself in a place”) Northern-England, Scotland, alt-of, alternative, ambitransitive
"[…] I hae heard him say, that the root of the matter was mair deeply hafted in that wild muirland parish than in the Canogate of Edinburgh."
- 3 To grip by the handle. transitive
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English haft, from Old English hæft, from Proto-West Germanic *haftī, from Proto-Germanic *haftiją.
Etymology 2
From Middle English haft, from Old English hæft, from Proto-West Germanic *haftī, from Proto-Germanic *haftiją.
Etymology 3
See heft (etymology 3).
Etymology 4
See heft (etymology 3).
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