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Heft   /hɛft/   Listen
verb
Heft  v. t.  (past & past part. hefted, obs. heft; pres. part. hefting)  
1.
To heave up; to raise aloft. "Inflamed with wrath, his raging blade he heft."
2.
To prove or try the weight of by raising. (Colloq.)


noun
Heft  n.  Same as Haft, n. (Obs.)


Heft  n.  
1.
The act or effort of heaving; violent strain or exertion. (Obs.) "He craks his gorge, his sides, With violent hefts."
2.
Weight; ponderousness. (Colloq.) "A man of his age and heft."
3.
The greater part or bulk of anything; as, the heft of the crop was spoiled. (Colloq. U. S.)


Heft  n.  (pl. Ger. hefte)  A number of sheets of paper fastened together, as for a notebook; also, a part of a serial publication. "The size of "hefts" will depend on the material requiring attention, and the annual volume is to cost about 15 marks."





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"Heft" Quotes from Famous Books



... baby er my own, an' couldn' be roun' ter look after 'im. An' dis chile is a rale quality chile, he is,—I never seed a baby wid sech fine hair fer his age, ner sech blue eyes, ner sech a grip, ner sech a heft. W'y, dat chile mus' weigh 'bout twenty-fo' poun's, an' he not but six mont's ole. Does dat gal w'at does de nussin' w'iles I'm gone ten' ter dis chile ...
— The Marrow of Tradition • Charles W. Chesnutt
... roused himself—"Hech, sir!" he cried, "I wish you had been wi' us last night. It was just a joy to feel the clouds laying their cheeks to the floods, and the sea laying its shouther to the shore; I sat a' night wi' the helm-heft in my hand, singing o'er and o'er again King David's grand ...
— A Daughter of Fife • Amelia Edith Barr
... Die Entstehung des Geschlechtscharakters (The Origin of Sexual Differentiation), Archiv fuer Gynaekologie, vol. lxx., Heft 2. p. 268. ...
— The Sexual Life of the Child • Albert Moll
... I don't care," said Sam. "It was all that dirty little sneak that made the trouble; but never mind, it's all right. The only thing that worries me is how you sent me flying. I'm bigger an' stronger an' older, I can heft more an' work harder, but you throwed me like a bag o' shavings, I only wish I ...
— Two Little Savages • Ernest Thompson Seton
... pairs, All bodin in feir of weir;[122] In jacks, and scryppis, and bonnets of steel, Their legs were chainit to the heel,[123] Frawart was their affeir:[124] Some upon other with brands beft,[125] Some jaggit others to the heft, With knives that sharp ...
— English Satires • Various


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