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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Haft \Haft\ (h[.a]ft), noun [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'd dagger I'll bury to the haft in her fair breast. --Dryden.
2. A dwelling. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Haft \Haft\, verb (used with an object) To set in, or furnish with, a haft; as, to haft a dagger.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
haft
noun: 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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