HALSE

Etymology 1

Noun

halse (plural halses)

(anatomy, archaic) The neck; the throat.

Etymology 2

Verb

halse (third-person singular simple present halses, present participle halsing, simple past and past participle halsed)

(obsolete) To fall upon the neck of; embrace.

Etymology 3

Verb

halse (third-person singular simple present halses, present participle halsing, simple past and past participle halsed)

(transitive) To greet; salute; hail.

(transitive) To beseech; adjure.

Etymology 4

Noun

halse (plural halses)

Alternative form of hawse

Verb

halse (third-person singular simple present halses, present participle halsing, simple past and past participle halsed)

(obsolete) To haul; to hoist.

Anagrams

• Hales, Heals, Sahel, Saleh, Selah, hales, heals, leash, selah, shale, sheal

Source: Wiktionary

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Halse, v. t. Etym: [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.

Halse, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Halsed (hlst); p. pr. & vb. n. Halsing.] Etym: [Cf. Hawser.]

Definition: To haul; to hoist. [Obs.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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