halse

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halse - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Halse \Halse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Halsed (h[add]lst); p. pr.
     & vb. n. Halsing.] [Cf. Hawser.]
     To haul; to hoist. [Obs.] --Grafton
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  Halse \Halse\ (h[add]ls), v. t. [AS. healsian.]
     1. To embrace about the neck; to salute; to greet. [Obs.]
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              Each other kissed glad
              And lovely halst.                     --Spenser.
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     2. To adjure; to beseech; to entreat. [Obs.]
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              O dere child, I halse thee,
              In virtue of the Holy Trinity.        --Chaucer.
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