haft, helve
(noun) the handle of a weapon or tool
Source: WordNet® 3.1
haft (plural hafts)
The handle of a tool or weapon.
• helve
• hilt (sword handle)
• stale, stail, stele, steal (axe handle)
haft (third-person singular simple present hafts, present participle hafting, simple past and past participle hafted)
(transitive) To fit a handle to (a tool or weapon); to grip by the handle
haft (plural hafts)
(Northern English dialect) A piece of mountain pasture to which a farm animal has become hefted.
• Fath
Source: Wiktionary
Haft, n. Etym: [AS. hæft; 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.
Definition: To set in, or furnish with, a haft; as, to haft a dagger.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
14 April 2025
(noun) maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system; “in focus”; “out of focus”
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