Category:Haft

Haft, n. Etym: [AS. hæft; akin to D. & G. heft, Icel. hepti, and to E. Heave, or have. Cf. Heft.]

1. 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.

2. A dwelling. [Scot.] Jamieson.

haft Haft, v. t.

Defn: To set in, or furnish with, a haft; as, to haft a dagger.

- ---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Haft - A handle as of a dagger (Judges 3:22).