Meaning of HAFT
| Pronunciation: | | haft
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [n] the handle of a weapon or tool |
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| | Synonyms: | | helve |
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| | See Also: | | awl, ax, axe, blade, brand, dagger, file, grip, handgrip, handle, hold, knife, reap hook, reaping hook, sickle, steel, sticker, sword | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
\Haft\, v. t.
To set in, or furnish with, a haft; as, to haft a dagger.
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| Easton Bible Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | a handle as of a dagger (Judg. 3:22). |
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