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Heft \Heft\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hefted} ({Heft}, obs.); p. pr.
& vb. n. {Hefting}.]
1. To heave up; to raise aloft.
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Inflamed with wrath, his raging blade he heft.
--Spenser.
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2. To prove or try the weight of by raising. [Colloq.]
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Heft \Heft\, n.
Same as {Haft}, n. [Obs.] --Waller.
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Heft \Heft\, n. [From {Heave}: cf. hefe weight. Cf. {Haft}.]
1. The act or effort of heaving; violent strain or exertion.
[Obs.]
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He craks his gorge, his sides,
With violent hefts. --Shak.
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2. Weight; ponderousness. [Colloq.]
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A man of his age and heft. --T. Hughes.
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3. The greater part or bulk of anything; as, the heft of the
crop was spoiled. [Colloq. U. S.] --J. Pickering.
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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.
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