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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Halse

/(ha̤ls)/ · IPA /[hoːs]/
01 v. t. To embrace about the neck; to salute; to greet.
  1. 1.
    To embrace about the neck; to salute; to greet.[Obs.]
    “Each other kissed glad And lovely halst.” — Spenser.
  2. 2.
    To adjure; to beseech; to entreat.[Obs.]
    “O dere child, I halse thee, In virtue of the Holy Trinity.” — Chaucer.
02 v. t. To haul; to hoist.
imp. & p. p. Halsed; p. pr. & vb. n. Halsing
  1. 1.
    To haul; to hoist.[Obs.]