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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Haft

/(hȧft)/ · IPA /hæft/
01 n. 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…
  1. 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'd dagger I'll bury to the haft in her fair breast.” — Dryden.
  2. 2.
    A dwelling.[Scot.]
02 v. t. To set in, or furnish with, a haft; as, to haft a dagger.
  1. 1.
    To set in, or furnish with, a haft; as, to haft a dagger.