Heft \Heft\, n.; G. pl. Hefte. [G.]

A number of sheets of paper fastened together, as for a notebook; also, a part of a serial publication.

The size of "hefts" will depend on the material requiring attention, and the annual volume is to cost about 15 marks. --The Nation. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Heft \Heft\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hefted (Heft, obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Hefting.]

1. To heave up; to raise aloft. [1913 Webster]

Inflamed with wrath, his raging blade he heft. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

2. To prove or try the weight of by raising. [Colloq.]

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Heft \Heft\, n. Same as Haft, n. [Obs.]

--Waller. [1913 Webster]

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Heft \Heft\, n. [From Heave: cf. hefe weight. Cf. Haft.]

1. The act or effort of heaving; violent strain or exertion. [Obs.]

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He craks his gorge, his sides, With violent hefts. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

2. Weight; ponderousness. [Colloq.]

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A man of his age and heft. --T. Hughes. [1913 Webster]

3. The greater part or bulk of anything; as, the heft of the crop was spoiled. [Colloq. U. S.]

--J. Pickering. [1913 Webster]

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heft

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Heft \Heft\, n.; G. pl. Hefte. [G.]

A number of sheets of paper fastened together, as for a notebook; also, a part of a serial publication.

The size of ``hefts'' will depend on the material requiring attention, and the annual volume is to cost about 15 marks. --The Nation.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Heft \Heft\, n. Same as Haft, n. [Obs.]

--Waller.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Heft \Heft\, n. [From Heave: cf. hefe weight. Cf. Haft.]

1. The act or effort of heaving? violent strain or exertion. [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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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 raising. [Colloq.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)