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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Heft \Heft\, n. Same as {Haft}, n. [Obs.] --Waller. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: heft n : the property of being large in mass [syn: {heftiness}, {massiveness}, {ponderousness}, {ponderosity}] v 1: lift with difficulty [syn: {heave}, {heave up}, {heft up}] 2: test the weight of something by lifting it
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