Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Halt (4)

Halt (ha̤lt), v. t.(Mil.) To cause to cease marching; to stop; as, the general halted his troops for refreshment.

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Halt (5)

Halt, a. [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, ...

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Halt (6)

Halt, n. The act of limping; lameness.

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Halt (7)

Halt, v. i. [OE. halten, AS. healtian. See Halt, a.]1. To walk lamely; to limp.2. To have an irregular rhythm; to be defective.The blank verse shall halt for it. Shak.

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Halter

Halt″er (–ẽr), n. One who halts or limps; a cripple.

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Halter (2)

Hal″ter (ha̤l″tẽr), n. [OE. halter, helter, helfter, AS. hælftre; akin to G. halfter, D. halfter, halster, and also to E. helve. See Helve.] A strong strap or cord. Especially: ...

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Halter (3)

Hal″ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Haltered (–tẽrd); p. pr. & vb. n.Haltering.] To tie by the neck with a rope, strap, or halter; to put a halter on; to subject to a hangman's halter. ...

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Halter-sack

Hal″ter–sack′ (ha̤l″tẽr‐săk′), n. A term of reproach, implying that one is fit to be hanged. Beau. & Fl.

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Halteres

‖Hal‐te″res (hăl‐tē″rēz), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. αλτἡ̑ρεσ weights used in jumping, fr. ἅλλεσθαι to leap.] (Zoöl.) Balancers; the rudimentary hind wings of Diptera.

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Haltingly

Halt″ing‐ly (ha̤lt″ĭng‐ly̆), adv. In a halting or limping manner.

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Halvans

Hal″vans (hăl″vanz), n. pl.(Mining) Impure ore; dirty ore. Raymond.

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Halve

Hal″ve (häl″ve), n. A half. Chaucer.

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Halve (2)

Halve (häv), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Halved (hävd); p. pr. & vb. n.Halving.] [From Half.] 1. To divide into two equal parts; as, to halve an apple; to be or form half of.So far apart...

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Halve (3)

Halve (?), v. t. Of a hole, match, etc., to reach or play in the same number of strokes as an opponent.

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Halved

Halved (hävd), a. Appearing as if one side, or one half, were cut away; dimidiate.

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Halves

Halves (hävz), n., pl. of Half.By halves, by one half at once; halfway; fragmentarily; partially; incompletely.I can not believe by halves; either I have faith, or I have it not...

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Halwe

Hal″we (häl″we), n. [OE., fr. AS. hālga. See Holy.] A saint. Chaucer.

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Halyard

Hal″yard (hăl″yẽrd), n. [Hale, v. t. + yard.] (Naut.) A rope or tackle for hoisting or lowering yards, sails, flags, etc. [Written also halliard, haulyard.]

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Halysites

‖Hal′y‐si″tes (hăl′ĭ‐sī″tēz), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ἅλυσισ a chain.] (Paleon.) A genus of Silurian fossil corals; the chain corals. See Chain coral, under Chain.

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Ham

Ham (häm), n. Home. Chaucer.

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Ham (2)

Ham (hăm), n. [AS. ham; akin to D. ham, dial. G. hamme, OHG. hamma. Perh. named from the bend at the ham, and akin to E. chamber. Cf. Gammon ham.]1. (Anat.) The region back of t...

427

Hamadryad

Ham″a‐dry′ad (hăm″ȧ‐drī′ăd), n.; pl. E. Hamadryads (–ădz), L. Hamadryades (–drī″ȧ‐dēz). [L. Hamadryas, -adis, Gr. Αμαδρυἅσ; ἅμα together + δρυ̑σ oak, tree: cf. F. hamadryade. Se...

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Hamadryas

‖Ha‐ma″dry‐as (hȧ‐mā″drĭ‐ăs), n. [L., a hamadryad. See Hamadryad.] (Zoöl.) The sacred baboon of Egypt (Cynocephalus Hamadryas).

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Hamal

‖Ha‐mal″ (?), n. [Written also hammal, hummaul, hamaul, khamal, etc.] [Turk. & Ar. hammāl, fr. Ar. hamala to carry.] In Turkey and other Oriental countries, a porter or burden b...

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Hamamelis

Ham′a‐me″lis (hăm′ȧ‐mē″lĭs), n. [NL., fr. Gr. αμαμηλἵσ a kind of medlar or service tree; ἅμα at the same time + μη̑λον an apple, any tree fruit.] (Bot.) A genus of plants which ...

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Hamate

Ha″mate (hā″mā̍t), a. [L. hamatus, fr. hamus hook.] Hooked; bent at the end into a hook; hamous.

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Hamated

Ha″ma‐ted (hā″mā̍‐tĕd), a. Hooked, or set with hooks; hamate. Swift.