Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Heft
heft, n. [OE hębban < Germanic.] (webplay: weight).
- Majesty; grandeur; heaviness; solemnity; soberness; melancholy; pensiveness; somberness; ponderousness; heavyheartedness; profound sadness.
- Burden; millstone; weighty load; heavy encumbrance; [fig.] torment; torture; affliction; overwhelming trial; painful suffering.
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