Haft

Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary · Matthew George Easton, Noah Webster

Haft - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)

A handle as of a dagger (Judg. 3:22).

Haft - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

H`AFT, n. [L. capio.] A handle; that part of an instrument or vessel which is taken into the hand, and by which it is held and used. It is used chiefly for the part of a sword or dagger by which it is held; the hilt.

H`AFT, v.t. To set in a haft; to furnish with a handle.

Source of the article

Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)

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