English Dictionary: haft | by the DICT Development Group |
4 results for haft | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Haft \Haft\, n. [AS. h[91]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 Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Haft a handle as of a dagger (Judg. 3:22). |