different between reaf vs heaf

English

Noun

reaf (plural reafs)

1. Obsolete spelling of reef
   • 1834 August 2, Niles' Register, page 384:

     A large number of vessels continued to be wrecked, and a vast amount of property is lost on the Florida reafs.

   • 1891, H. A. Moriarty, Islands in the Southern Indian Ocean, Westward of Longitude 80° east, including Madagascar, page 124:

     The largest ships may pass between the outer reafs and the Black rocks.

Anagrams

• FERA, Fear, Fera, Rafe, fare, fear

Middle English

Noun

reaf

1. Alternative form of reif

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *raub, from Proto-Germanic *raubaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ræ???f/

Noun

r?af m or n

1. plunder, spoil, booty
2. raiment, garment, robe, vestment
3. armor

Derived terms

• r?afl?c (“robbery”)

Related terms

• r?afian

Descendants

• Middle English: ræf, raf, ref, reif
  • English: reif
  • Scots: reif

English

Noun

heaf

1. (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)

1. (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.

Anagrams

• HFEA, hafe