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heft

[heft]
–noun
1. weight; heaviness: It was a rather flimsy chair, without much heft to it.
2. significance or importance.
3. Archaic. the bulk or main part.
–verb (used with object)
4. to test the weight of by lifting and balancing: He hefted the spear for a few moments, and then flung it at the foe.
5. to heave; hoist.

Origin:
1550–60; heave + -t, var. of -th 1


hefter, noun
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