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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
And lovely
halst
. Spenser.
2.
To adjure; to beseech; to entreat.
[Obs.]
O dere child, I
In virtue of the Holy Trinity.
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.
HALSE
,Verb.
I.