Heer (?), n.[Etymol. uncertain.] A yarn measure of six hundred yards or
of a spindle. See Spindle.
Heer, n. [See Hair.] Hair. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Heft (?), n. Same as Haft, n. [Obs.] Waller.
Heft, n. [From Heave: cf. hefe weight. Cf. Haft.] 1. The act or effort
of heaving&?; violent strain or exertion. [Obs.]
He craks his gorge, his sides, With violent hefts.
Shak.