Haft
Haft (hȧft) , noun
[Anglo-Saxon haft; akin to Dutch & German heft, Icelandic hepti, and to English heave, or have. Compare 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'd dagger
I'll bury to the haft in her fair breast.
2.
A dwelling. [Scottish] — Jamieson
Haft , transitive verb
To set in, or furnish with, a haft; as, to haft a dagger.