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Webster 1913 Edition

Haft

Haft

(hȧft)
,
Noun.
[AS.
hæft
; akin to D. & G.
heft
, Icel.
hepti
, and to E.
heave
, or
have
. Cf.
Heft
.]
1.
A handle; that part of an instrument or vessel taken into the hand, and by which it is held and used; – said chiefly of a knife, sword, or dagger; the hilt.
This brandish’d dagger
I'll bury to the
haft
in her fair breast.
Dryden.
2.
A dwelling.
[Scot.]
Jamieson.

Haft

,
Verb.
T.
To set in, or furnish with, a haft;
as, to
haft
a dagger
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Haft

H`AFT

,
Noun.
[L. capio.] A handle; that part of an instrument or vessel which is taken into the hand, and by which it is held and used. It is used chiefly for the part of a sword or dagger by which it is held; the hilt.

H`AFT

,
Verb.
T.
To set in a haft; to furnish with a handle.

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