haft
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1. haft - Noun
2. haft - Verb
Meaning
A dwelling.
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.
To set in, or furnish with, a haft; as, to haft a dagger.
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I flaked a flint to a cutting edge And shaped it with brutish craft; I broke a shank from the woodland lank And fitted it, head and haft.
And Foster will next be seen in Barry Levinson’s “Harry Haft.”
Beth Haft, a BU Parents United group member, said fewer people in residence halls this year means students could have more socially distanced activities.
Surviving examples have a variety of head forms but there are two main variants, one with the side blades (known as flukes or wings) branching from the neck of the central blade at 45 degrees, the other with hooked blades curving back towards the haft.
Oakeshott (1980), p.47, fig 6 Poleaxe In the 14th century, the basic long axe gained an armour piercing spike on the back and another on the end of the haft for thrusting.
The axe's haft is convert long and made from carefully worked yew with a right-angled crook at the shoulder, leading to the blade.