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   Haft , n. [AS. hæft; akin to D. & G. heft, Icel. hepti, and to E. heave, or have. Cf. Heft.]
   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.
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   This brandish'd dagger
   I'll bury to the haft in her fair breast.
   Dryden.
   
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   A dwelling. [Scot.]
   Jamieson.
   
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   Haft, v. t. To set in, or furnish with, a haft; as, to haft a dagger.
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