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4 definitions found 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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