Haft

//hæft// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 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. 3
    the handle of a weapon or tool wordnet
Verb
  1. 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. 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. 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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