Heft

Definition of Heft

n.	1.	Same as Haft, n.
	1.	The act or effort of heaving; violent strain or exertion. He craks his gorge, his sides, With violent hefts. - Shak.
	2.	Weight; ponderousness. 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.
	1.	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.
v. t.	1.	To heave up; to raise aloft. [imp. & p. p. Hefted (Heft, obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Hefting.] Inflamed with wrath, his raging blade he heft. - Spenser.
	2.	To prove or try the weight of by raising.

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