Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Halse"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Halse \Halse\, v. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Halse \Halse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Halsed} (h?lst); p. pr. &
vb. n. {Halsing}.] [Cf. {Hawser}.]
To haul; to hoist. [Obs.]
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