Dictionary entry

Heft (3)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Heft, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Hefted (Heft, obs.); p. pr. & vb. n.Hefting.] 1. To heave up; to raise aloft.

Inflamed with wrath, his raging blade he heft. Spenser.

2. To prove or try the weight of by raising.