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
24 March 2025
(adjective) (music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply; “staccato applause”; “a staccato command”; “staccato notes”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
