maft

• meft

Possibly from an alteration of Middle English maght, mauȝt (“might”). More at might. Compare Scots maucht (“to deprive of strength, wear out, exhaust, defeat”, verb).

maft (third-person singular simple present mafts, present participle mafting, simple past and past participle mafted)

1. (Northern England, of dust or snow) To drift
2. (Northern England, intransitive) To be stifled or overpowered by a lack of air, the heat, etc.; to be out of breath.
3. (Northern England, intransitive) To be hot (temperature-wise).

• swelter

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• Rhymes: -ɑft

maft

1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of maffen
2. (archaic) plural imperative of maffen