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noun 
  1. (uncountable) weight, Weight or the feel of weight.
A quality hammer should have good balance and .
  1. (Northern English dialect) A piece of mountain pasture to which a farm animal has become hefted.
  2. An animal that has become hefted thus.
verb 
  1. (transitive) To lift; especially, to lift something heavy or feel something's weight.
He hefted the sack of concrete into the truck.
  1. (context, transitive, Northern English dialect) The process by which a farm animal becomes accustomed to an area of mountain pasture.
Etymology: From hefí.

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