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Webster 1913 Edition
Halt
Halt
(ha̤lt)
, Noun.
A stop in marching or walking, or in any action; arrest of progress.
Without any
halt
they marched. Clarendon.
[Lovers] soon in passion’s war contest,
Yet in their march soon make a
Yet in their march soon make a
halt
. Davenant.
Halt
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Halted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Halting
.] 1.
To hold one's self from proceeding; to hold up; to cease progress; to stop for a longer or shorter period; to come to a stop; to stand still.
2.
To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; to hesitate; to be uncertain.
How long
halt
ye between two opinions? 1 Kings xviii. 21.
Halt
(ha̤lt)
, Verb.
T.
(Mil.)
To cause to cease marching; to stop;
as, the general
. halted
his troops for refreshmentHalt
,Adj.
[AS.
healt
; akin to OS., Dan., & Sw. halt
, Icel. haltr
, halltr
, Goth. halts
, OHG. halz
.] Halting or stopping in walking; lame.
Bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the
halt
, and the blind. Luke xiv. 21.
Halt
,Noun.
The act of limping; lameness.
1.
To walk lamely; to limp.
2.
To have an irregular rhythm; to be defective.
The blank verse shall
halt
for it. Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Halt
HALT
, v.i.1.
To stop in walking; to hold. In military affairs, the true sense is retained, to stop in a march. The army halted at noon.2.
To limp; that is, to stop with lameness.3.
To hesitate; to stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do. How long halt ye between two opinions? 1 Kings 18.
4.
To fail; to falter; as a halting sonnet.HALT
,Verb.
T.
HALT
,Adj.
Bring hither the poor, the maimed,the halt, and the blind. Luke 14.
HALT
,Noun.
The troops made a halt at the bridge.
1.
The act of limping.