Heft /(?)/

1. Same as Haft, n. [Obs.]

1. The act or effort of heaving; violent strain or exertion. [Obs.]

   He craks his gorge, his sides, With violent hefts.

2. Weight; ponderousness. [Colloq.]

   A man of his age and heft.

3. The greater part or bulk of anything; as, the heft of the crop was spoiled. [Colloq. U. S.]

pl. Hefte

1. 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.

imp. & p. p. Hefted; p. pr. & vb. n. Hefting

1. To heave up; to raise aloft. obs.

   Inflamed with wrath, his raging blade he heft.

2. To prove or try the weight of by raising. [Colloq.]