||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.
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.]
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.
Heft (?), n. Same as Haft, n.
[Obs.]
Waller.
Hear it pronounced