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.
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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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