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Haft   /hæft/   Listen
noun
Haft  n.  
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."
2.
A dwelling. (Scot.)


verb
Haft  v. t.  To set in, or furnish with, a haft; as, to haft a dagger.





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"Haft" Quotes from Famous Books



... a loss for words, and sent his knife whirling into the air where it spun at an alarming rate. I edged my chair nearer the door, but the potato-peeler, suddenly standing upright, caught the weapon by the haft as it circled and bent to ...
— The Red Horizon • Patrick MacGill
... passing the block of jasper, the ancient stone of sacrifice. Zoraida went by first; Kendric was passing when an impulse prompted him to put out a sudden hand for the keen edged knife of obsidian. He slipped it into his belt and hid the haft with his coat. If it came to an ambush, to an attack in the dark, a revolver bullet might fly wild while the wide sweep of a knife blade would somehow find a sheath in something ...
— Daughter of the Sun - A Tale of Adventure • Jackson Gregory
... from God unto thee," and then pulls out his hidden knife with that unsuspected left hand of his,—(the little gentleman lifted his clenched left hand with the blood-red jewel on the ring-finger,)—and runs it, blade and haft, into a man's stomach! Don't meddle with these fellows, Sir. They are read mostly by persons whom you would not reach, if you were to write ever so much. Let 'em alone. A man whose opinions are not attacked ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Volume 3, No. 19, May, 1859 • Various
... at my action. Jacques half rose from his chair, put his hand into his bosom, and I discovered the haft of a dagger. I returned to my seat with tranquillity, and affected not to have observed ...
— The Monk; a romance • M. G. Lewis
... that if a guy wanted a hair cut all he'd haft to do would be to wet his hair, leave his hat off, and break off the ...
— Love Letters of a Rookie to Julie • Barney Stone


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