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HAFTING
Verb
hafting
present participle of haft
Source: Wiktionary
HAFT
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
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