Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Haft \Haft\, n. [AS. h[ae]ft; akin to D. & G. heft, Icel. hepti,
   and to E. Heave, or have. Cf. {Heft}.]
   1. A handle; that part of an instrument or vessel taken into
      the hand, and by which it is held and used; -- said
      chiefly of a knife, sword, or dagger; the hilt.

            This brandish'dagger I'll bury to the haft in her
            fair breast.                          --Dryden.

   2. A dwelling. [Scot.] --Jamieson.

Haft \Haft\, v. t.
   To set in, or furnish with, a haft; as, to haft a dagger.

Source : WordNet®

haft
     n : the handle of a weapon or tool [syn: {helve}]