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Noun
heaf
- (Northern England) A piece of mountain pasture to which a farm animal has become hefted; a heft.
Verb
heaf (third-person singular simple present heafs, present participle heafing, simple past and past participle heafed)
- (Northern England) (of farm animals, especially a flock of sheep) To become accustomed to and attached to an area of mountain pasture, seldom straying from it.
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