'Haft' definitions:
Definition of 'Haft'
From: GCIDE
- Haft \Haft\, v. t. To set in, or furnish with, a haft; as, to haft a dagger. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Haft'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- This brandish'd dagger I'll bury to the haft in her fair breast. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A dwelling. [Scot.] --Jamieson. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Haft'
From: Easton
- Haft a handle as of a dagger (Judg. 3:22).