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Definition: Halse
Halse
\Halse\ (h[add]ls), v. t. [AS. healsian.]
1. To embrace about the neck; to salute; to greet. [Obs.]
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Each other kissed glad
And lovely halst. --Spenser.
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2. To adjure; to beseech; to entreat. [Obs.]
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O dere child, I halse thee,
In virtue of the Holy Trinity. --Chaucer.
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Halse
\Halse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Halsed (h[add]lst); p. pr.
& vb. n.
Halsing.] [Cf.
Hawser.]
To haul; to hoist. [Obs.] --Grafton
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