heft

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

HEFT, noun 1. Heaving; effort. He cracks his gorge, his sides. With violent hefts. [Not used.] 2. Weight; ponderousness. [This use is common in popular language in America. And we sometimes hear it used as a verb, as, to heft to lift for the purpose of feeling or judging of the weight.] 3. A handle; a haft. [Not used.]
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