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for haft
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Haft \Haft\, v. t.
To set in, or furnish with, a haft; as, to haft a dagger.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Haft \Haft\ (h[.a]ft), 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.
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This brandish'd dagger
I'll bury to the haft in her fair breast. --Dryden.
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2. A dwelling. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
haft
n 1: the handle of a weapon or tool [syn: haft, helve]
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :
Haft
a handle as of a dagger (Judg. 3:22).
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