heft
noun
weight; heaviness.
hefter
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a word derived from
heft.
Example Sentences
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But the hefter, silly body, took mair o' them than he was the better o'.
From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
We tuk part with the poor folks w'en they wuz bein 'bused, but I declar' for't 't looks though we'd hefter take part with the silk stockins pootty soon, at the rate things be agoin.
From The Duke of Stockbridge by Edward Bellamy
"An' ken ye what my mither said when the next hefter cam to see after his sheep on the hill?"
From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
