Proximal End--the end of a projectile point to which a haft is attached.
Rynch froze, then the haft of his spear slid into a new hand grip, the coils of his net spun out.
The length of the haft might afford him a fighting chance if he could send the point home in some vulnerable spot.
There was the strong-jaw's den back there, somewhere on the rise where he had left the snapped haft of the spear he had broken in his fall.
Then the creature pulled it free, snapped the haft in two.
Ludwig, thrusting the fatal iron deeper in the charcoal, and playing nervously with the haft of his dagger; "is the old mare from the tan-yard ready?
The blade stuck fast, and it was only by letting go of the haft and taking a tremendous backward spring, that he saved himself from the paw that struck out at him almost automatically.
The girl hesitated, for the cacique, who had guessed something of the import of the white men's conversation, was laying his hand on the haft of his knife.
His ax flew from his hand as his wrist was broken by Ab's descending weapon, and the next moment he fell limply and hardly moved, for a second blow had sunk the stone weapon so deeply in his head that the haft was hidden in his long hair.
It was a stone ax; an ax heavier than any battle-ax of mediaeval times, its haft a scant three feet in length, inclosing the ax through a split in the tough wood, all being held in place by a taut and hardened mass of knotted sinews.
By some strange freak of forest fortune abetting might the man wandering of mind had driven his ax nearly to the haft into the skull of his huge assailant.
She walked more quickly upon the smooth path, and her hands wrung each other, and once she felt the haft of that wicked Indian knife she ever wore.
Hold your peace and listen to me," said Nehushta in a fierce, low voice, and her slender hand stole to the haftof the knife by her side.
The woodsman sighed and stared at his calloused hand, worn from contact with ax-haft and sword-hilt.
Balthus felt the haft of an ax shoved into his hand.
This he carved with runes of truth to compacts, and held it as the "haft of the world.
The knight upon this, still without a word, drives the haft of his spear into the ground, lays down his arms and sinks upon his knees in prayer before the Spear.
The club-like haft is formed of some endogenous wood, and has evidently been chopped into shape by means of stone tools.
It is of course possible that these cavities may have been worked for the purpose of mounting the stones in some other manner than by fixing the haft in a socket.
In the case of the mauls, however, the withe appears to have been secured by tying, like the haft of one form of Australian stone hatchets (Fig.
There are cases in which the hatchet and haft have been formed from one piece of stone.
Others from Guiana[594] have notches at the sides to receive a cord which bound the haft in a groove running along the butt-end.
One tied to its haft with rattan is in the Christy Collection.
The perforation for thehaft is formed with singular symmetry and perfection; the lozengy grooved decoration covering the entire surface is remarkably symmetrical and skilfully finished.
A[851] German stone axe seems to have been fastened to its haft in the same manner.
It was lying in its wooden haftwhich was perfectly carbonized, but Mr. Blackmore made a |154| drawing of it, apparently from memory.
This band probably shows the position of the haft in which the blade was fixed.
A ceremonial stone adze with a very remarkable carved haftfrom New Ireland[575] has been figured by Professor Giglioli.
Then she opened a wooden casket, and drew forth a razor, whosehaft was of ivory, and upon which were two rivets of gold.
He had in his hand a blue-shafted lance, but from the haft to the point it was stained crimson-red with the blood of the Ravens and their plumage.
On the blade a steed was standing, On the side a foal was trotting, At the joint a wolf was howling, At the haft a bear was growling.
On its point the moon was shining, On its side the sun was shining, On the haft the stars were gleaming, At the tip a horse was neighing, On the knob a cat was mewing, On the sheath a dog was barking.
He jerked his axe out of the log, drove it deep into the top log toward the end, and by using the haft to cling to, crawled toward the rear of the load and looked down at the caboose coupling.
To try the depth of the water German dipped in the haft of his spear, which at once was consumed as with liquid fire.
The spear of the shining haft and the dark blue blade and the silver shield," said the fairy.
And she rubbed the helmet, and the shield, and the blue blade and haft of his spear with the juice of the red rowan berries, and she let a drop fall upon his face and hands, and then she slid out as silently as she came.
Three times he struck the shield with the haft and three times with the blade of his spear.
In his vest pocket was a long clasp-knife, very sharp; the haft was thin, and the scales shone as if there had been silver inside.
It came to me like lightning that the prisoners were unguarded, and slipping my dagger from its sheath, I thrust its haft into Madame's hand, and I saw that she understood from the thanks in her eyes.
She shrank back at my words, and it appeared as if a hand moved suddenly under the cloak of the man who lay feigning sleep in the room, and the quick movement was as if he had clutched the haft of a dagger.
The haft came away in my hand; and as I passed my thumb over the end of it, I could perceive that the blade had snapped off close to the end of the back-spring, so that not even the tenth of an inch of it was left in the handle.
Could I only have got this out of the way, the haft would still have served for a handle.
The idea of setting the blade in the haft again was out of the question.
The encouragement which this idea gave me, once more roused my mind to new activity, and I set to thinking how I might make a new haft for the broken blade.
The haft I held in my hand, but the blade still remained in the angle of the box, where it had broken off.
The new haft I had made in the following fashion:--Having procured a piece of wood from one of the thick boards, I first whittled it to the proper shape and size.
I hammered upon it with the haft of my knife--still the same hollow sound!
Haft and blade were nearly of equal length, and when opened out, they measured about ten inches together.
His axe was six or eight inches longer in the haft than that of Rezu, and therefore he could reach where Rezu could not, for the giant was short-armed.
The horn haft is the same; the pointed gouge is the same; the blade shaped like the young moon is the same.
Otar's breath made a snakelike hissing between his toothless gums, and the hands of the Lord Ciaran tightened on the haft of the axe.
He saw the shadow of a spear and swerved, and caught the haft in his two hands.
The wooden haft of them all is about three cubits long; and the iron head fixed to each half is barbed, and of the same length as the haft.
Edgar warningly, turning away and again leaning head and arms on thehaft of his great axe.
In his prostration he had sunk back against the wall, his arms resting on the haft of his great axe and his head bowed down upon them.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "haft" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: grasp; grip; handle; hold
