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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Haft \Haft\, n. [AS. h[ae]ft; 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'dagger I'll bury to the haft in her
fair breast. --Dryden.
2. A dwelling. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Haft \Haft\, v. t.
To set in or furnish with a haft; as to haft a dagger.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
haft
n : the handle of a weapon or tool [syn: {helve}]
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Haft
a handle as of a dagger (Judg. 3:22).
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