Haft

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

haft
    n 1: the handle of a weapon or tool [syn: {haft}, {helve}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Haft \Haft\ (h[.a]ft), n. [AS. h[ae]ft; akin to D. & G. heft,
   Icel. hepti, and to E. heave, or have. Cf. {Heft}.]
   1. A handle; that part of an instrument or vessel taken into
      the hand, and by which it is held and used; -- said
      chiefly of a knife, sword, or dagger; the hilt.
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            This brandish'd dagger
            I'll bury to the haft in her fair breast. --Dryden.
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   2. A dwelling. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Haft \Haft\, v. t.
   To set in, or furnish with, a haft; as, to haft a dagger.
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from Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

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