Heft (?), n.
Same as Haft, n. [Obs.] Waller.
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Heft, n. [From Heave: cf. hefe weight. Cf. Haft.]
1.
The act or effort of heaving&?; violent strain or exertion. [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.
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Heft, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hefted (Heft, obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Hefting.]
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.]
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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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