Heft definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary HEFT, n. 1. Heaving; effort. He cracks his gorge, his sides ... we sometimes hear it used as a verb, as, to heft, to lift for the purpose of feeling or judging of ... n 1: the property of being large in mass [syn: heft, heftiness, massiveness, ponderousness, ponderosity] v 1: lift or elevate [syn: heave, heave up, heft, heft up] 2: test the weight of something by lifting ...
Hefted definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary HEFT'ED, a. Heaved; expressing agitation. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Heft Heft, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hefted (Heft, obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Hefting.] 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 ...
Hefting definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Heft Heft, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hefted (Heft, obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Hefting.] 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 ...
... surge, heave] 4: lift or elevate [syn: heave, heave up, heft, heft up] 5: move or cause to move in a specified ... round, heave short, heave the gorge, heavy sea, heavy swell, heft, heighten, heist, hike, hobbyhorse, hoick, hoist, hold up, huff, hurl ...
... 3. a. weigh 1 b. to feel the weight of ; heft 4. to assign a statistical weight to 5. to cause ... feeling, grain, gram, gravity, greatness, grievance, hamper, handicap, have weight, heft, high order, high rank, hold, hold the scales, horse, hundredweight ...
... Haft, n. [AS. h[ae]ft; 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 ...