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Pronunciation : Heft
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: Same as Haft, n. [Obs.] Waller.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Heft
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [From Heave: cf. hefe weight. Cf. Haft.]
Definition : 1. The act or effort of heaving [Obs.] He craks his gorge, his sides, With violent hefts. Shak.

2. Weight; ponderousness. [Colloq.] A man of his age and heft. T. Hughes.

3. The greater part or bulk of anything; as, the heft of the crop was spoiled. [Colloq. U. S.] J. Pickering.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Heft, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hefted (Heft
Part of Speech : obs.);
Definition : 1. To heave up; to raise aloft. Inflamed with wrath, his raging blade he heft. Spenser.

2. To prove or try the weight of by raising. [Colloq.]

p. pr. & vb. n. Hefting.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913