heft

1. n. Same as Haft, n. Source: opted

2. n. The act or effort of heaving/ violent strain or exertion. Source: opted

3. n. Weight; ponderousness. Source: opted

4. n. The greater part or bulk of anything; as, the heft of the crop was spoiled. Source: opted

5. of Heft Source: opted

6. v. t. To heave up; to raise aloft. Source: opted

7. v. t. To prove or try the weight of by raising. Source: opted

8. n. the property of being large in mass Source: wordnet

9. v. lift or elevate Source: wordnet

10. v. test the weight of something by lifting it Source: wordnet

11. Same as Haft, n. [Obs.] Waller. 1. The act or effort of heaving [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. 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.] Source: webster

12. Same as Haft, n. [Obs.] Waller. Source: adambom

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