'Halse' definitions:

Definition of 'Halse'

From: GCIDE
  • Halse \Halse\ (h[add]ls), v. t. [AS. healsian.]
  • 1. To embrace about the neck; to salute; to greet. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Each other kissed glad And lovely halst. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To adjure; to beseech; to entreat. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • O dere child, I halse thee, In virtue of the Holy Trinity. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Halse'

From: GCIDE
  • Halse \Halse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Halsed (h[add]lst); p. pr. & vb. n. Halsing.] [Cf. Hawser.] To haul; to hoist. [Obs.] --Grafton [1913 Webster]

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