halse Meaning, Definition & Usage

Halse transitive verb
Etymology
AS. healsian.
Definitions
  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 transitive verb
Etymology
Cf. Hawser.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Halsed present participle & verbal noun Halsing
Definitions
  1. To haul; to hoist. Obs.

Webster 1913