haftn.¹

Brit.

/hɑːft/,

/haft/, U.S.

/hæft/

Forms: α. Old English hæft, Middle English– haft, Middle English–1500s hafte, (1500s haughte). β. Middle English hefþe, Middle English–1500s hefte, Middle English– heft (1600s heaft).

Etymology: Old English hæft(e neuter, handle, corresponding to Old High German hęfti (Middle High German hęfte , German heft neuter), Middle Low German hechte (Dutch hecht , heft ), Old Norse hepti < (Old Germanic *haftjo^m , < root haf- heave n., or haƀ-have n.; apparently that by which anything is taken hold of or grasped. (For Old English æ for ę see Sievers Ags. Gr. §89. i. 1.)

a. A handle; esp. that of a cutting or piercing instrument, as a dagger, knife, sickle, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > parts of tools generally > [noun] > handle

handleeOE

helvec897

haftc1000

steal1377

start1380

handa1400

helmc1430

handlinga1450

pull1551

grasp1561

hilt1574

cronge1577

hold1578

tab1607

manubrium1609

tree1611

handfast1638

stock1695

handing1703

gripe1748

stem1796

handhold1797

grip1867

c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 142/21 Manubrium, hæft and helfe.

c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 272 gegnid þonne..mid sticcan oþþe mid hæfte.

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Deut. xix. 5 The axe fleeth the hoond, and the yren, slipt of fro the haft, smytith his freend.

1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes ii. xxxix. 163 A croked yron well sharp and trenchaunt with a long hafte.

1555 R. Eden Disc. Vyage rounde Worlde in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 224 A long dager with a hafte of golde.

1690 London Gaz. No. 2525/4 8 Knives and 8 Forks with Silver Hafts.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VII. 52 The shells of this animal resemble..the haft of a razor.

1866 S. Laing Pre-hist. Remains Caithness 41 One end..was clearly inserted in a socket or haft.

β. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 791 Tak al-so my swerd..þe hefþe of hym doþ greuaunce to my wounde wyde.a1400 Seuyn Sages (W.) 259 Under heft, and under hond.1483 Cath. Angl. 179/2 An Hefte, manubrium, manutentum.1551 W. Turner New Herball sig. H vj^v To make knyffe heftes.a1600 A. Montgomerie Misc. Poems xxxii. 63 Baith heft and blead ar in ȝour hand.a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Suff. 73 If the Heaft belonged to Walworth, the Blade, or point thereof at least, may be adjudged to Cavendish.1878 R. Browning Two Poets of Croisic in La Saisiaz & Two Poets of Croisic 113 Hilt and heft.

†b. loose in the haft (figurative), unstable, unreliable. to have other haft(s) in hand, to have other business to do, ‘other fish to fry’. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adjective]

unfastc888

unstathelfasteOE

unsteadfasta1200

fleeting?c1225

changeablea1275

ficklea1275

unstablec1290

waveringc1315

flickerc1325

loose in the haftc1325

motleyc1380

unsadc1384

variablea1387

variantc1386

ticklec1400

inconstant1402

flitting1413

brittle1420

plianta1425

mutablec1425

shittle1440

shittle-witted1448

moonishc1450

unconstant1483

unfirm1483

varying?a1500

pliablea1513

fluctuant1575

changeling1577

shittle-headed1580

cheverel1583

off and on1583

chameleon-like1589

changeful1590

limber1602

unsteady1604

ticklish1606

skittish1609

startling1619

labile1623

uncertaina1625

cheverelized1625

remuant1625

fluctuate1631

fluctuary1632

various1636

contrarious1643

epileptical1646

fluxilea1654

shittle-braineda1655

multivolent1656

totter-headed1662

on and off1668

self-inconsistent1678

weathercocka1680

whifflinga1680

versatile1682

veering1684

fast and loose1697

inconsistent1709

insteadfast1728

unfixing1810

unsteadied1814

chameleonic1821

labefact1874

ballastless1884

weathercocky1886

whiffle-minded1902

the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > be occupied or busy (in or at something) [verb (intransitive)] > have business in hand > have other business to do

to have other haft(s) in handc1325

to have other fish to fry1660

c1325 Poem Times Edw. II 362 in Pol. Songs (Camden) 339 Unnethe is nu eny man that can eny craft That he nis a party los in the haft.

c1440 York Myst. xx. 76 Other haftis in hande haue we.

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xviii. 211 For othere haft in hand haue we.

c. Botany. Of an iris: the narrow part, or claw, at the base of the petal.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > iris and related flowers > irises > part of

standard1676

haft1924

1924 W. R. Dykes Handbk. Garden Irises i. 1 An Iris flower consists usually of three outer segments called falls and of three inner segments called standards... The lower part of both the falls and the standards is usually called the haft.

1948 G. Anley Irises 113 Haft, the narrowed portion at the base of a perianth segment.

Compounds

haft-maker; haft-pipe n. (see quot.).

ΚΠ

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Yorks. 188 Bladers, Haft-makers, and Sheath-makers.

1853 O. Byrne Handbk. Artisan 441 Small tools are temporarily fixed by their tangs in a wooden handle to facilitate their presentation to the [grind] stone; the handle is called a haft-pipe.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

haftn.²

Brit.

/hɑːft/,

/haft/, U.S.

/hæft/, Scottish English

/haft/

Forms: Also heft, ? heff.

Etymology: Goes apparently with haft v.³

Scottish and northern dialect.

1. Fixed or established place of abode.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > [noun]

resteOE

worthineeOE

settlea900

wickc900

houseOE

erdinga1000

teld-stedec1000

wonningc1000

innOE

bewistc1200

setnessc1200

wanea1225

i-holda1250

wonec1275

wunselec1275

wonning-place1303

bigginga1325

wonning-stede1338

tabernaclea1340

siegec1374

dwelling-placec1380

lodgingc1380

seea1382

tabernaclea1382

habitationc1384

mansionc1385

arresta1400

bowerc1400

wonning-wanec1400

lengingc1420

tenementc1425

tentc1430

abiding placea1450

mansion place1473

domicile1477

lendingc1480

inhabitance1482

biding-place?1520

seat1535

abode1549

remainingc1550

soil1555

household1585

mansion-seata1586

residing1587

habitance1590

fixation1614

situation?1615

commoratorya1641

haft1785

location1795

fanea1839

inhabitancy1853

habitat1854

occupancy1864

nivas1914

downsetting1927

1785 W. Forbes Dominie Depos'd 46 (Jam.) I did resolve to change the haft.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian vi, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 147 ‘Her bairn,’ she said, ‘was her bairn, and she came to fetch her out of ill haft and waur guiding.’

2. Settled or accustomed pasture-ground. See also heft n.³

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > grassland > [noun] > pasture > accustomed pasture

heafc1525

haft1796

1796 J. Naismyth in Ann. Agric. 27 185 The haunt which a sheep..adopts, in the language of shepherds, is called its haft.

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Heff,..an accustomed pasture..The attachment of sheep to a particular pasture.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

haftn.³

Etymology: Origin uncertain: compare haft n.²

midlands dialect.

An island in a pool.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > land mass > island > [noun] > small > in river or lake

aiteOE

holm?c1050

mediamnesa1552

eyot1670

haft1686

osier isle1744

osier ait1766

knoll1772

twig-ait1867

1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. vii. 232 To see whether the Hafts or Islands in the pooles (upon which they build their neasts) be prepared for them.

1804 T. Bewick Hist. Brit. Birds II. 223 The owners of some of the fens and marshes in this kingdom..caused the little islets or hafts, in those wastes, to be cleared of the reeds and rushes.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

haftv.¹

Forms: Also Middle English– heft.

Etymology: < haft n.¹

1. transitive. To fit with, or fix in, a haft or handle.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > making tools, equipment, or fastenings > make tools, equipment, or fastenings [verb (transitive)] > furnish tool with handle

haftc1430

helvec1440

stave1542

steal1543

handle1600

shaft1611

stouk1686

tree1864

c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) ii. lxxxii. 105 For to hafte ther-with hire mailettes.

1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias lxxvi. 155 a His Dagger and Rapyer..were hafted with pure golde.

1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses II. 528 A bone..with which he said he would haft a knife.

1754 J. Parsons in Philos. Trans. 1753 (Royal Soc.) 48 380 I used a wire hafted in a glass tube.

1866 Reader 22 Sept. 307 Several show in an interesting manner how the stone celts or chisels..were hafted.

β. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 235/1 Helvyn or heftyn, manubrio.1483 Cath. Angl. 480/1 To Hefte or to make Heftis, manubriare.1871 Daily Tel. 1 Nov. By dint of the sharp edge of common sense strongly hefted with broad human and Christian sympathy.

†2. To drive in up to the haft. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > cut or penetrate (of weapon) [verb (transitive)] > strike with pointed weapon > thrust a pointed weapon

putc1275

shovec1275

rivec1330

stickc1390

stub1576

haft1582

uphilt1582

gar1587

embosom1590

emboss1590

flesh1590

imbrue1590

stabc1610

scour1613

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. T. More in tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis 99 This mye blade in thye body should bee with speedines hafted.

Derivatives

ˈhafting n. fitting with a haft.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > making tools, equipment, or fastenings > [noun] > furnishing tool with handles

haftingc1440

handling1731

stouking1809

ansation1838

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 232/1 Heftynge, manubriacio.

1538 Accts. St. John's Hosp., Canterbury (Canterbury Cathedral Archives: CCA-U13/4) Payd for haftyng off the ij hand saw.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 628 The bones of Sheep haue also their vse and employment for the hafting of knifes.

1833 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal II. 57 The sickle is ready for hafting.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

† haftv.²

Etymology: Known only from 16th cent., but perhaps representing an Old English type *hæftian, corresponding to Old Saxon haftôn, Old High German haftên to remain fixed or fast, to stick, German haften (to be distinguished from the transitive Old English hæftan = Old Saxon hęftian, Gothic haftjan, Old High German heftan, German heften to make fast, fix, etc.).

Obsolete.

intransitive. To use subtilty or deceit, to use shifts or dodges; to haggle, cavil; to avoid coming to the point, hold off, hang back.

ΘΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > act evasively [verb (intransitive)]

haft1519

shuffle1565

dodge1575

palter1580

shift1580

hedge1611

boggle1615

subterfuge1622

prevaricatea1625

to shuffle up and down1633

evade1660

sophisticate1664

janka1689

whiffle1737

tongue-twist1836

caffle1851

pussyfoot1902

sidestep1904

spruce1916

to fudge and mudge1980

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > act fraudulently, cheat [verb (intransitive)]

faitc1330

defraudc1384

to take (the) advantagea1393

false1393

halt1412

haft1519

juggle1528

wily beguile1550

foist1584

lurch1593

fog1621

imposture1624

rook1637

impone1640

cheat1647

chicane1671

humbug1753

fineer1765

gag1781

mountebank1814

jockeya1835

sniggle1837

barney1848

straw1851

honeyfuggle1856

skinch1891

finagle1926

1519 W. Horman Vulgaria xxvii. f. 236 There is haftynge and lyenge... Malus, atque mendacium est.

1557 T. Tusser Hundreth Good Pointes Husbandrie sig. B.iiii Spende none but thyne owne, howsoeuer thou spende: nor haft not to god ward, for that he doth sende.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxvii. xxxix. 967 It was not expedient to lie off and haft any longer.

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 474 The tyrant, who put them off from day to day, and hafted with them so, as he gave them no audience.

1644 J. Bulwer Chirologia 161 One while hafting and wrankling, another while praying and intreating.

Derivatives

† ˈhafting n. Obsolete subtle dealing, dodging, cavilling, trickery; holding off, hesitation, demur. Also attributive in hafting point, hafting question. Obsolete.

ΘΠ

the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [noun]

longingeOE

bideOE

abodec1225

bodea1300

demura1300

dwella1300

litinga1300

delayc1300

delayingc1300

demurrancec1300

but honec1325

without ensoignec1325

abidec1330

dretchingc1330

dwellingc1330

essoinc1330

tarrying1340

litea1350

delaymenta1393

respitea1393

oversettinga1398

delayancea1400

delitea1400

lingeringa1400

stounding?a1400

sunyiea1400

targea1400

train?a1400

deferring14..

dilation14..

dayc1405

prolongingc1425

spacec1430

adjourningc1436

retardationc1437

prolongation?a1439

training1440

adjournment1445

sleuthingc1450

tarry1451

tarriance1460

prorogation1476

oversetc1485

tarriage1488

debaid1489

supersedement1492

superseding1494

off-putting1496

postponing1496

tract1503

dilating1509

sparinga1513

hafting1519

sufferance1523

tracking1524

sticking1525

stay1530

pause1532

protraction1535

tracting1535

protract of time1536

protracting1540

postposition1546

staying1546

procrastination1548

difference1559

surceasing1560

tardation1568

detract1570

detracting1572

tarryment1575

rejourning1578

detraction1579

longness1579

rejournment1579

holding1581

reprieving1583

cunctation1585

retarding1585

retardance1586

temporizing1587

by and by1591

suspensea1592

procrastinatinga1594

tardance1595

linger1597

forslacking1600

morrowing1602

recess1603

deferment1612

attendance1614

put-off1623

adjournal1627

fristing1637

hanging-up1638

retardment1640

dilatoriness1642

suspension1645

stickagea1647

tardidation1647

transtemporation1651

demurragea1656

prolatation1656

prolation1656

moration1658

perendination1658

offput1730

retardure1751

postponement1757

retard1781

traverse1799

tarrowing1832

mañana1845

temporization1888

procrastinativeness1893

deferral1895

traa dy liooar1897

stalling1927

heel-tapping1949

off-put1970

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > frivolous, captious objection > [noun]

cavillation138.

hafting1519

brabbling1532

brabblementa1563

chicanery1589

caption1605

illaqueation1605

argutation1641

chicane1681

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > frivolous, captious objection > [adjective]

captious1447

hafting1519

brabbling1549

cavillous?1571

cavillinga1576

caffling1591

cavilsome1611

cavillatory1641

1519 W. Horman Vulgaria xxiiii. f. 204 There is [misprinted ia] an haftynge poynt: or a false subtylte.

a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Ci Craftynge and haftynge contryued is by me I can dyssemble I can both laughe and grone.

a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Eiii^v To vse suche haftynge and crafty wayes.

1549 J. Olde in M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Ephes. Prol. sig. .iii^v Whan was there more haftyng and craftyng to scrape money to gether.

1565–73 T. Cooper Thesaurus Cauilla..a mocke: a scoffe: an hafting question: a cauill.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. 377 Why they loitered and made such hafting.

1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. He grew enkindled, and without any further hafting or holding off, delivered up all that was demaunded.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

haftv.³

Brit.

/hɑːft/,

/haft/, U.S.

/hæft/, Scottish English

/haft/

Forms: Also heft.

Etymology: Goes apparently with haft n.²: origin uncertain: a connection suggests itself with German heften to fasten, attach, Old Saxon hęftian to make fast: but sometimes there seems to be association with haft v.¹

Scottish and northern dialect.

a. transitive. To establish in a situation or place of residence, to locate, fix; spec. to accustom (sheep, cattle) to a pasturage.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > providing with dwelling > [verb (transitive)]

couchc1400

inhabit1413

seat1586

fix1638

haft1728

domiciliate1778

home1802

domicile1809

settle1853

adopt1897

the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > place or put in a position [verb (transitive)] > fix or establish in position

i-set971

fastc1275

stablea1300

steada1300

pitchc1300

stablisha1325

ficchec1374

resta1393

seizea1400

locate1513

root1535

plant?a1562

room1567

repose1582

fix1638

haft1728

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > herding, pasturing, or confining > [verb (transitive)] > pasture > accustom to pasture

haft1728

1728 A. Ramsay Betty & Kate iv For sindle times they e'er come back, Wha anes are heftit there.

1823 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. (at cited word) Animals are said to be hafted, when they live contented on strange pastures, when they have made a haunt.

1835 J. W. Carlyle Lett. I. 26 I am wonderfully well hefted here; the people are extravagantly kind to me.

1893 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words To heft, to keep stock upon a certain pasture until accustomed to go there.

b. intransitive (for reflexive). To establish itself.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > position or situation > be positioned or situated [verb (intransitive)] > take up position > firmly or with sure foothold

roota1382

foota1425

to fix the foot or footing1582

haft1725

to dig in1851

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > herding, pasturing, or confining > [verb (intransitive)] > accustom to pasture

haft1794

1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd i. ii Ill-nature hefts in sauls that's weak and poor.

1794 S. Young in J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XII. 86 Such attention..as ought to be paid to stranger, or what is called hefting sheep.

2. transferred and figurative. To set or plant firmly, fix, root, establish, settle.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > initiate [verb (transitive)] > found or establish

arear?a800

astellc885

planteOE

i-set971

onstellOE

rightOE

stathelOE

raisec1175

stofnec1175

stablea1300

morec1300

ordainc1325

fermc1330

foundc1330

instore1382

instituec1384

establec1386

firmc1425

roota1450

steadfastc1450

establishc1460

institute1483

to set up1525

radicate1531

invent1546

constitute1549

ordinate1555

rampire1555

upset1559

stay1560

erect1565

makea1568

settle1582

stablish1590

seminarize1593

statuminatea1628

hain1635

bottom1657

haft1755

start1824

the world > movement > absence of movement > render immobile [verb (transitive)] > stabilize > fix firmly in place

morec1300

ficchec1374

firmc1374

fix14..

staplec1400

stithc1480

perplant1548

settle1560

stay1565

lock1590

haft1755

sicker1824

brace1849

the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > introduce or bring something in [verb (transitive)] > implant

insowc1340

pitch1340

graffc1420

fixa1533

instincta1538

implanta1541

engraft1585

enrace1590

inoculate1604

place1621

haft1755

1755 Guthrie's Trial 249 They heft their heart in their own honesty and resolutions, and not in the blessed root Christ Jesus.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian ii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 28 The root of the matter was mair deeply hafted in that wild muirland parish than in the Canogate of Edinburgh.

1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet I. ix. 193 It may be as well that Alan and you do not meet till he is hefted as it were to his new calling.

1872 A. De Morgan Budget of Paradoxes 20 It shows how well hafted is the Royal Society's claim.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.¹c1000

n.²1785

n.³1686

v.¹c1430

v.²1519

v.³1725

单词	haft
释义	haftn.¹ Brit. /hɑːft/, /haft/, U.S. /hæft/ Forms: α. Old English hæft, Middle English– haft, Middle English–1500s hafte, (1500s haughte). β. Middle English hefþe, Middle English–1500s hefte, Middle English– heft (1600s heaft). Etymology: Old English hæft(e neuter, handle, corresponding to Old High German hęfti (Middle High German hęfte , German heft neuter), Middle Low German hechte (Dutch hecht , heft ), Old Norse hepti < (Old Germanic haftjo^m , < root haf-* heave n., or haƀ-have n.; apparently that by which anything is taken hold of or grasped. (For Old English æ for ę see Sievers Ags. Gr. §89. i. 1.) a. A handle; esp. that of a cutting or piercing instrument, as a dagger, knife, sickle, etc. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > parts of tools generally > [noun] > handle handleeOE helvec897 haftc1000 steal1377 start1380 handa1400 helmc1430 handlinga1450 pull1551 grasp1561 hilt1574 cronge1577 hold1578 tab1607 manubrium1609 tree1611 handfast1638 stock1695 handing1703 gripe1748 stem1796 handhold1797 grip1867 c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 142/21 Manubrium, hæft and helfe. c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 272 gegnid þonne..mid sticcan oþþe mid hæfte. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Deut. xix. 5 The axe fleeth the hoond, and the yren, slipt of fro the haft, smytith his freend. 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes ii. xxxix. 163 A croked yron well sharp and trenchaunt with a long hafte. 1555 R. Eden Disc. Vyage rounde Worlde in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 224 A long dager with a hafte of golde. 1690 London Gaz. No. 2525/4 8 Knives and 8 Forks with Silver Hafts. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VII. 52 The shells of this animal resemble..the haft of a razor. 1866 S. Laing Pre-hist. Remains Caithness 41 One end..was clearly inserted in a socket or haft. β. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 791 Tak al-so my swerd..þe hefþe of hym doþ greuaunce to my wounde wyde.a1400 Seuyn Sages (W.) 259 Under heft, and under hond.1483 Cath. Angl. 179/2 An Hefte, manubrium, manutentum.1551 W. Turner New Herball sig. H vj^v To make knyffe heftes.a1600 A. Montgomerie Misc. Poems xxxii. 63 Baith heft and blead ar in ȝour hand.a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Suff. 73 If the Heaft belonged to Walworth, the Blade, or point thereof at least, may be adjudged to Cavendish.1878 R. Browning Two Poets of Croisic in La Saisiaz & Two Poets of Croisic 113 Hilt and heft. †b. loose in the haft (figurative), unstable, unreliable. to have other haft(s) in hand, to have other business to do, ‘other fish to fry’. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adjective] unfastc888 unstathelfasteOE unsteadfasta1200 fleeting?c1225 changeablea1275 ficklea1275 unstablec1290 waveringc1315 flickerc1325 loose in the haftc1325 motleyc1380 unsadc1384 variablea1387 variantc1386 ticklec1400 inconstant1402 flitting1413 brittle1420 plianta1425 mutablec1425 shittle1440 shittle-witted1448 moonishc1450 unconstant1483 unfirm1483 varying?a1500 pliablea1513 fluctuant1575 changeling1577 shittle-headed1580 cheverel1583 off and on1583 chameleon-like1589 changeful1590 limber1602 unsteady1604 ticklish1606 skittish1609 startling1619 labile1623 uncertaina1625 cheverelized1625 remuant1625 fluctuate1631 fluctuary1632 various1636 contrarious1643 epileptical1646 fluxilea1654 shittle-braineda1655 multivolent1656 totter-headed1662 on and off1668 self-inconsistent1678 weathercocka1680 whifflinga1680 versatile1682 veering1684 fast and loose1697 inconsistent1709 insteadfast1728 unfixing1810 unsteadied1814 chameleonic1821 labefact1874 ballastless1884 weathercocky1886 whiffle-minded1902 the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > be occupied or busy (in or at something) [verb (intransitive)] > have business in hand > have other business to do to have other haft(s) in handc1325 to have other fish to fry1660 c1325 Poem Times Edw. II 362 in Pol. Songs (Camden) 339 Unnethe is nu eny man that can eny craft That he nis a party los in the haft. c1440 York Myst. xx. 76 Other haftis in hande haue we. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xviii. 211 For othere haft in hand haue we. c. Botany. Of an iris: the narrow part, or claw, at the base of the petal. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > iris and related flowers > irises > part of standard1676 haft1924 1924 W. R. Dykes Handbk. Garden Irises i. 1 An Iris flower consists usually of three outer segments called falls and of three inner segments called standards... The lower part of both the falls and the standards is usually called the haft. 1948 G. Anley Irises 113 Haft, the narrowed portion at the base of a perianth segment. Compounds haft-maker; haft-pipe n. (see quot.). ΚΠ a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Yorks. 188 Bladers, Haft-makers, and Sheath-makers. 1853 O. Byrne Handbk. Artisan 441 Small tools are temporarily fixed by their tangs in a wooden handle to facilitate their presentation to the [grind] stone; the handle is called a haft-pipe. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). haftn.² Brit. /hɑːft/, /haft/, U.S. /hæft/, Scottish English /haft/ Forms: Also heft, ? heff. Etymology: Goes apparently with haft v.³ Scottish and northern dialect. 1. Fixed or established place of abode. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > [noun] resteOE worthineeOE settlea900 wickc900 houseOE erdinga1000 teld-stedec1000 wonningc1000 innOE bewistc1200 setnessc1200 wanea1225 i-holda1250 wonec1275 wunselec1275 wonning-place1303 bigginga1325 wonning-stede1338 tabernaclea1340 siegec1374 dwelling-placec1380 lodgingc1380 seea1382 tabernaclea1382 habitationc1384 mansionc1385 arresta1400 bowerc1400 wonning-wanec1400 lengingc1420 tenementc1425 tentc1430 abiding placea1450 mansion place1473 domicile1477 lendingc1480 inhabitance1482 biding-place?1520 seat1535 abode1549 remainingc1550 soil1555 household1585 mansion-seata1586 residing1587 habitance1590 fixation1614 situation?1615 commoratorya1641 haft1785 location1795 fanea1839 inhabitancy1853 habitat1854 occupancy1864 nivas1914 downsetting1927 1785 W. Forbes Dominie Depos'd 46 (Jam.) I did resolve to change the haft. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian vi, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 147 ‘Her bairn,’ she said, ‘was her bairn, and she came to fetch her out of ill haft and waur guiding.’ 2. Settled or accustomed pasture-ground. See also heft n.³ ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > grassland > [noun] > pasture > accustomed pasture heafc1525 haft1796 1796 J. Naismyth in Ann. Agric. 27 185 The haunt which a sheep..adopts, in the language of shepherds, is called its haft. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Heff,..an accustomed pasture..The attachment of sheep to a particular pasture. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). haftn.³ Etymology: Origin uncertain: compare haft n.² midlands dialect. An island in a pool. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > island > [noun] > small > in river or lake aiteOE holm?c1050 mediamnesa1552 eyot1670 haft1686 osier isle1744 osier ait1766 knoll1772 twig-ait1867 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. vii. 232 To see whether the Hafts or Islands in the pooles (upon which they build their neasts) be prepared for them. 1804 T. Bewick Hist. Brit. Birds II. 223 The owners of some of the fens and marshes in this kingdom..caused the little islets or hafts, in those wastes, to be cleared of the reeds and rushes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2018). haftv.¹ Forms: Also Middle English– heft. Etymology: < haft n.¹ 1. transitive. To fit with, or fix in, a haft or handle. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > making tools, equipment, or fastenings > make tools, equipment, or fastenings [verb (transitive)] > furnish tool with handle haftc1430 helvec1440 stave1542 steal1543 handle1600 shaft1611 stouk1686 tree1864 c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) ii. lxxxii. 105 For to hafte ther-with hire mailettes. 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias lxxvi. 155 a His Dagger and Rapyer..were hafted with pure golde. 1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses II. 528 A bone..with which he said he would haft a knife. 1754 J. Parsons in Philos. Trans. 1753 (Royal Soc.) 48 380 I used a wire hafted in a glass tube. 1866 Reader 22 Sept. 307 Several show in an interesting manner how the stone celts or chisels..were hafted. β. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 235/1 Helvyn or heftyn, manubrio.1483 Cath. Angl. 480/1 To Hefte or to make Heftis, manubriare.1871 Daily Tel. 1 Nov. By dint of the sharp edge of common sense strongly hefted with broad human and Christian sympathy. †2. To drive in up to the haft. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > cut or penetrate (of weapon) [verb (transitive)] > strike with pointed weapon > thrust a pointed weapon putc1275 shovec1275 rivec1330 stickc1390 stub1576 haft1582 uphilt1582 gar1587 embosom1590 emboss1590 flesh1590 imbrue1590 stabc1610 scour1613 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. T. More in tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis 99 This mye blade in thye body should bee with speedines hafted. Derivatives ˈhafting n. fitting with a haft. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > making tools, equipment, or fastenings > [noun] > furnishing tool with handles haftingc1440 handling1731 stouking1809 ansation1838 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 232/1 Heftynge, manubriacio. 1538 Accts. St. John's Hosp., Canterbury (Canterbury Cathedral Archives: CCA-U13/4) Payd for haftyng off the ij hand saw. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 628 The bones of Sheep haue also their vse and employment for the hafting of knifes. 1833 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal II. 57 The sickle is ready for hafting. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † haftv.² Etymology: Known only from 16th cent., but perhaps representing an Old English type hæftian, corresponding to Old Saxon haftôn, Old High German haftên* to remain fixed or fast, to stick, German haften (to be distinguished from the transitive Old English hæftan = Old Saxon hęftian, Gothic haftjan, Old High German heftan, German heften to make fast, fix, etc.). Obsolete. intransitive. To use subtilty or deceit, to use shifts or dodges; to haggle, cavil; to avoid coming to the point, hold off, hang back. ΘΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > act evasively [verb (intransitive)] haft1519 shuffle1565 dodge1575 palter1580 shift1580 hedge1611 boggle1615 subterfuge1622 prevaricatea1625 to shuffle up and down1633 evade1660 sophisticate1664 janka1689 whiffle1737 tongue-twist1836 caffle1851 pussyfoot1902 sidestep1904 spruce1916 to fudge and mudge1980 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > act fraudulently, cheat [verb (intransitive)] faitc1330 defraudc1384 to take (the) advantagea1393 false1393 halt1412 haft1519 juggle1528 wily beguile1550 foist1584 lurch1593 fog1621 imposture1624 rook1637 impone1640 cheat1647 chicane1671 humbug1753 fineer1765 gag1781 mountebank1814 jockeya1835 sniggle1837 barney1848 straw1851 honeyfuggle1856 skinch1891 finagle1926 1519 W. Horman Vulgaria xxvii. f. 236 There is haftynge and lyenge... Malus, atque mendacium est. 1557 T. Tusser Hundreth Good Pointes Husbandrie sig. B.iiii Spende none but thyne owne, howsoeuer thou spende: nor haft not to god ward, for that he doth sende. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxvii. xxxix. 967 It was not expedient to lie off and haft any longer. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 474 The tyrant, who put them off from day to day, and hafted with them so, as he gave them no audience. 1644 J. Bulwer Chirologia 161 One while hafting and wrankling, another while praying and intreating. Derivatives † ˈhafting n. Obsolete subtle dealing, dodging, cavilling, trickery; holding off, hesitation, demur. Also attributive in hafting point, hafting question. Obsolete. ΘΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [noun] longingeOE bideOE abodec1225 bodea1300 demura1300 dwella1300 litinga1300 delayc1300 delayingc1300 demurrancec1300 but honec1325 without ensoignec1325 abidec1330 dretchingc1330 dwellingc1330 essoinc1330 tarrying1340 litea1350 delaymenta1393 respitea1393 oversettinga1398 delayancea1400 delitea1400 lingeringa1400 stounding?a1400 sunyiea1400 targea1400 train?a1400 deferring14.. dilation14.. dayc1405 prolongingc1425 spacec1430 adjourningc1436 retardationc1437 prolongation?a1439 training1440 adjournment1445 sleuthingc1450 tarry1451 tarriance1460 prorogation1476 oversetc1485 tarriage1488 debaid1489 supersedement1492 superseding1494 off-putting1496 postponing1496 tract1503 dilating1509 sparinga1513 hafting1519 sufferance1523 tracking1524 sticking1525 stay1530 pause1532 protraction1535 tracting1535 protract of time1536 protracting1540 postposition1546 staying1546 procrastination1548 difference1559 surceasing1560 tardation1568 detract1570 detracting1572 tarryment1575 rejourning1578 detraction1579 longness1579 rejournment1579 holding1581 reprieving1583 cunctation1585 retarding1585 retardance1586 temporizing1587 by and by1591 suspensea1592 procrastinatinga1594 tardance1595 linger1597 forslacking1600 morrowing1602 recess1603 deferment1612 attendance1614 put-off1623 adjournal1627 fristing1637 hanging-up1638 retardment1640 dilatoriness1642 suspension1645 stickagea1647 tardidation1647 transtemporation1651 demurragea1656 prolatation1656 prolation1656 moration1658 perendination1658 offput1730 retardure1751 postponement1757 retard1781 traverse1799 tarrowing1832 mañana1845 temporization1888 procrastinativeness1893 deferral1895 traa dy liooar1897 stalling1927 heel-tapping1949 off-put1970 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > frivolous, captious objection > [noun] cavillation138. hafting1519 brabbling1532 brabblementa1563 chicanery1589 caption1605 illaqueation1605 argutation1641 chicane1681 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > frivolous, captious objection > [adjective] captious1447 hafting1519 brabbling1549 cavillous?1571 cavillinga1576 caffling1591 cavilsome1611 cavillatory1641 1519 W. Horman Vulgaria xxiiii. f. 204 There is [misprinted ia] an haftynge poynt: or a false subtylte. a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Ci Craftynge and haftynge contryued is by me I can dyssemble I can both laughe and grone. a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Eiii^v To vse suche haftynge and crafty wayes. 1549 J. Olde in M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Ephes. Prol. sig. .iii^v Whan was there more haftyng and craftyng to scrape money to gether. 1565–73 T. Cooper Thesaurus Cauilla..a mocke: a scoffe: an hafting question: a cauill. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. 377 Why they loitered and made such hafting. 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. He grew enkindled, and without any further hafting or holding off, delivered up all that was demaunded. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2021). haftv.³ Brit. /hɑːft/, /haft/, U.S. /hæft/, Scottish English /haft/ Forms: Also heft. Etymology: Goes apparently with haft n.²: origin uncertain: a connection suggests itself with German heften to fasten, attach, Old Saxon hęftian to make fast: but sometimes there seems to be association with haft v.¹ Scottish and northern dialect. 1. a. transitive. To establish in a situation or place of residence, to locate, fix; spec. to accustom (sheep, cattle) to a pasturage. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > providing with dwelling > [verb (transitive)] couchc1400 inhabit1413 seat1586 fix1638 haft1728 domiciliate1778 home1802 domicile1809 settle1853 adopt1897 the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > place or put in a position [verb (transitive)] > fix or establish in position i-set971 fastc1275 stablea1300 steada1300 pitchc1300 stablisha1325 ficchec1374 resta1393 seizea1400 locate1513 root1535 plant?a1562 room1567 repose1582 fix1638 haft1728 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > herding, pasturing, or confining > [verb (transitive)] > pasture > accustom to pasture haft1728 1728 A. Ramsay Betty & Kate iv For sindle times they e'er come back, Wha anes are heftit there. 1823 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. (at cited word) Animals are said to be hafted, when they live contented on strange pastures, when they have made a haunt. 1835 J. W. Carlyle Lett. I. 26 I am wonderfully well hefted here; the people are extravagantly kind to me. 1893 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words To heft, to keep stock upon a certain pasture until accustomed to go there. b. intransitive (for reflexive). To establish itself. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > position or situation > be positioned or situated [verb (intransitive)] > take up position > firmly or with sure foothold roota1382 foota1425 to fix the foot or footing1582 haft1725 to dig in1851 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > herding, pasturing, or confining > [verb (intransitive)] > accustom to pasture haft1794 1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd i. ii Ill-nature hefts in sauls that's weak and poor. 1794 S. Young in J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XII. 86 Such attention..as ought to be paid to stranger, or what is called hefting sheep. 2. transferred and figurative. To set or plant firmly, fix, root, establish, settle. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > initiate [verb (transitive)] > found or establish arear?a800 astellc885 planteOE i-set971 onstellOE rightOE stathelOE raisec1175 stofnec1175 stablea1300 morec1300 ordainc1325 fermc1330 foundc1330 instore1382 instituec1384 establec1386 firmc1425 roota1450 steadfastc1450 establishc1460 institute1483 to set up1525 radicate1531 invent1546 constitute1549 ordinate1555 rampire1555 upset1559 stay1560 erect1565 makea1568 settle1582 stablish1590 seminarize1593 statuminatea1628 hain1635 bottom1657 haft1755 start1824 the world > movement > absence of movement > render immobile [verb (transitive)] > stabilize > fix firmly in place morec1300 ficchec1374 firmc1374 fix14.. staplec1400 stithc1480 perplant1548 settle1560 stay1565 lock1590 haft1755 sicker1824 brace1849 the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > introduce or bring something in [verb (transitive)] > implant insowc1340 pitch1340 graffc1420 fixa1533 instincta1538 implanta1541 engraft1585 enrace1590 inoculate1604 place1621 haft1755 1755 Guthrie's Trial 249 They heft their heart in their own honesty and resolutions, and not in the blessed root Christ Jesus. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian ii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 28 The root of the matter was mair deeply hafted in that wild muirland parish than in the Canogate of Edinburgh. 1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet I. ix. 193 It may be as well that Alan and you do not meet till he is hefted as it were to his new calling. 1872 A. De Morgan Budget of Paradoxes 20 It shows how well hafted is the Royal Society's claim. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹c1000n.²1785n.³1686v.¹c1430v.²1519v.³1725
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