haftern.1
/ˈhɑːftə//ˈhaftə/ One who makes hafts or handles for tools.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > makers of other articles > [noun] > of part of finished article > maker or fitter of handles or stocks
hafter1598
handler1598
stocker1641
stouker1809
tanger1921
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Manicatore..a sleeuer, a hafter, a handler.
1831 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal I. 261 This latter opinion was corroborated by the hafter.
1890 Daily News 24 Sept. 2/6 Table-knife hafter.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
† haftern.2
Obsolete.
A caviller, wrangler, haggler, dodger.
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the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > [noun] > plotter
compassera1513
engineer?a1513
hafter1519
contrivera1522
deviser1523
intrycarc1540
practiser1545
practisant1550
practitioner1560
brewer1563
platformer1572
hatcher1578
politician1586
plotter1594
tamperer1599
plotcaster1602
machinator1611
plot-maker1641
trinketer1651
intriguer1667
plot-monger1683
schemist1724
under-plotter1728
intriguant1781
policizer1809
intriguist1830
schemer1846
planster1945
wheeler-dealer1960
the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > frivolous, captious objection > [noun] > practitioner of
hafter1519
brabbler1548
caviller1574
chicaneer1653
chicaner1673
contortionist1887
1519 W. Horman Vulgaria vii. f. 70v A flaterynge hafter [L. sedulus captator], is soone espyed of a wyse man.
1519 W. Horman Vulgaria N vj He is a hafter of kynde, est versutiæ ingenitæ homo.
a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Hi From crafters and hafters I you forfende.
1574 J. Baret Aluearie H 11 An hafter: a wrangler: a cauillour, vitilitigator.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Tergiversateur, a flincher,..hafter, dodger, paulterer.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2020).
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