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Webster 1913 Edition

Halse

Halse

(ha̤ls)
,
Verb.
T.
[AS.
healsian
.]
1.
To embrace about the neck; to salute; to greet.
[Obs.]
Each other kissed glad
And lovely
halst
.
Spenser.
2.
To adjure; to beseech; to entreat.
[Obs.]
O dere child, I
halse
thee,
In virtue of the Holy Trinity.
Chaucer.

Halse

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Halsed
(ha̤lst)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Halsing
.]
[Cf.
Hawser
.]
To haul; to hoist.
[Obs.]
Grafton

Webster 1828 Edition

Halse

HALSE

,
Noun.
The neck or throat.

HALSE

,
Verb.
I.
hals. To embrace about the neck; to adjure; to greet.

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