haft

• POS: Noun, Verb (transitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

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.  [1913 Webster]

  "This brandish'd dagger
  I'll bury to the haft in her fair breast."  [1913 Webster]
•  A dwelling.  Jamieson.  [1913 Webster]

haft, v. t. 

 To set in, or furnish with, a haft; as, to haft a dagger.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

haft, n. & v.
--n. the handle of a dagger or knife etc.
--v.tr. provide with a haft.

Etymology

OE h{aelig}ft f. Gmc

ROGET THESAURUS

haft

Instrument

N instrument, machinery, mechanism, engineering, instrument, organ, tool, implement, utensil, machine, engine, lathe, gin, mill, air engine, caloric engine, heat engine, gear, tackle, tackling, rig, rigging, apparatus, appliances, plant, materiel, harness, trappings, fittings, accouterments, barde, equipment, equipmentage, appointments, furniture, upholstery, chattels, paraphernalia, mechanical powers, lever, leverage, mechanical advantage, crow, crowbar, handspike, gavelock, jemmy, jimmy, arm, limb, wing, oar, paddle, pulley, wheel and axle, wheelwork, clockwork, wheels within wheels, pinion, crank, winch, cam, pedal, capstan, wheel, inclined plane, wedge, screw, spring, mainspring, can hook, glut, heald, heddle, jenny, parbuckle, sprag, water wheel, handle, hilt, haft, shaft, heft, shank, blade, trigger, tiller, helm, treadle, key, turnscrew, screwdriver, knocker, hammer, edge tool, borer, vice, teeth, nail, rope, peg, support, spoon, arms, oar, cardiograph, recapper, snowplow, tenpenny, votograph, instrumental, mechanical, machinal, brachial.