Haft /(hȧft)/

Haft

n.
  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.
    This brandish'd dagger I'll bury to the haft in her fair breast.
  2. A dwelling. [Scot.]

Haft

v. t.
  1. To set in, or furnish with, a haft; as, to haft a dagger.