Defn: Hove. [Obs.] Chaucer.
HAFFLE Haf"fle, v. i. Etym: [Cf. G. haften to cling, stick to, Prov. G., to stop, stammer.]
Defn: To stammer; to speak unintelligibly; to prevaricate.
[Prov.Eng.] Halliwell.
HAFT
Haft, n. Etym: [AS. hæft; akin to D. & G. heft, Icel. hepti, and to
E. Heave, or have. Cf. 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'dagger I'll bury to the haft in her fair breast. Dryden.
2. A dwelling. [Scot.] Jamieson.
HAFT
Haft, v. t.
Defn: To set in, or furnish with, a haft; as, to haft a dagger.
HAFTER
Haft"er, n. [haften to cling or stick to, and E. haffle.]
Defn: A caviler; a wrangler. [Obs.] Baret.