2. Weight; ponderousness. [Colloq.]

A man of his age and heft.

T. Hughes.

3. The greater part or bulk of anything; as, the heft of the crop was

spoiled. [Colloq. U. S.] J. Pickering.

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.

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