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Found 4 definitions

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   Heft , n. Same as Haft, n. [Obs.]
   Waller.
   
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   Heft, n. [From Heave: cf. hefe weight. Cf. Haft.]
   The act or effort of heaving; violent strain or exertion. [Obs.]
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   He craks his gorge, his sides,
   With violent hefts.
   Shak.
   
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   Weight; ponderousness. [Colloq.]
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   A man of his age and heft.
   T. Hughes.
   
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   The greater part or bulk of anything; as, the heft of the crop was spoiled. [Colloq. U. S.]
   J. Pickering.
   
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   ‖Heft , n.; G. pl. Hefte . [G.] 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.
   The Nation.
   
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   Heft, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hefted (Heft, obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Hefting.]
   To heave up; to raise aloft.
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   Inflamed with wrath, his raging blade he heft.
   Spenser.
   
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   To prove or try the weight of by raising. [Colloq.]
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