Thesaurus: haft

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1. n. 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. n. A dwelling.
3. v. t. To set in, or furnish with, a haft; as, to haft a dagger.
4. n. the handle of a weapon or tool
5. 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. This brandish'dagger I'll bury to the haft in her fair breast. Dryden. 2. A dwelling. [Scot.] Jamieson. To set in, or furnish with, a haft; as, to haft a dagger.
6. n:100 n. the handle of a weapon or tool