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Hafter vs Hafted - What's the difference?

hafter | hafted |

As a noun hafter

is (obsolete) a caviler; a wrangler.

As a verb hafted is

(haft).

hafter

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A caviler; a wrangler.
    • (Baret)
    (Webster 1913)

    hafted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (haft)

    • Anagrams

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    haft

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The handle of a tool or weapon.
  • * Dryden
    • This brandish'd dagger / I'll bury to the haft in her fair breast.
    Synonyms
    * hilt (sword handle ) * stale, stail, stele, steal (axe handle )

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To fit a handle to a tool or weapon.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * heft

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Northern English dialect) A piece of mountain pasture to which a farm animal has become hefted.