(Northern English dialect) A piece of mountain pasture to which a farm animal has become hefted.
The handle of a tool or weapon.
verb
(transitive) To fit a handle to (a tool or weapon); to grip by the handle
heft
heft
noun
(Northern England) A piece of mountain pasture to which a farm animal has become hefted (accustomed).
(US, dated, colloquial) The greater part or bulk of anything.
(West of Ireland) Poor condition in sheep caused by mineral deficiency.
(figurative) Influence; importance.
(uncountable) Weight.
A number of sheets of paper fastened together, as for a notebook.
A part of a serial publication.
An animal that has become hefted thus.
Heaviness, the feel of weight; heftiness.
The act or effort of heaving; violent strain or exertion.
verb
(obsolete) past participle of heave
(transitive) To lift up; especially, to lift something heavy.
(transitive) To test the weight of something by lifting it.
(transitive, Northern England and Scotland) To make (a farm animal, especially a flock of sheep) accustomed and attached to an area of mountain pasture.