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<hw>Hall"age</hw> <tt>(?; 48)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld> <def>A fee or toll paid for goods sold in a hall.</def>

<h1>Halleluiah, Hallelujah</h1> <Xpage=665>

<hw><hw>Hal`le*lu"iah</hw>, <hw>Hal`le*lu"jah</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. & interj.</tt> <ety>[Heb. See <er>Alleluia</er>.]</ety> <def>Praise ye Jehovah; praise ye the Lord; -- an exclamation used chiefly in songs of praise or thanksgiving to God, and as an expression of gratitude or adoration.</def>

<i>Rev. xix. 1 (Rev. Ver. ) </i>

<blockquote>So sung they, and the empyrean rung With <b>Hallelujahs</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>In those days, as St. Jerome tells us,"any one as he walked in the fields, might hear the plowman at his <b>hallelujahs</b>." <i>Sharp.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hallelujatic</h1> <Xpage=665>

<hw>Hal`le*lu*jat"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or containing, hallelujahs.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Halliard</h1> <Xpage=665>

<hw>Hal"liard</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Halyard</er>.</def>

<h1>Hallidome</h1> <Xpage=665>

<hw>Hal"li*dome</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Halidom</er>.</def>

<h1>Hallier</h1> <Xpage=665>

<hw>Hal"li*er</hw> <tt>(? or ?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Hale</er> to pull.]</ety> <def>A kind of net for catching birds.</def>

<h1>Hall-mark</h1> <Xpage=665>

<hw>Hall"-mark`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The official stamp of the Goldsmiths' Company and other assay offices, in the United Kingdom, on gold and silver articles, attesting their purity. Also used figuratively; -- as, a word or phrase lacks the <i>hall-mark</i> of the best writers.</def>

<h1>Halloa</h1> <Xpage=665>

<hw>Hal*loa"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>See <er>Halloo</er>.</def>

<h1>Halloo</h1> <Xpage=665>

<hw>Hal*loo"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Perh. fr. <ets>ah + lo</ets>; cf. AS. <ets>eal\'be</ets>, G. <ets>halloh</ets>, F. <ets>haler</ets> to set (a dog) on. Cf. <er>Hollo</er>, <ets>interj</ets>.]</ety> <def>A loud exclamation; a call to invite attention or to incite a person or an animal; a shout.</def>

<blockquote>List! List! I hear Some far off <b>halloo</b> break the silent air. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Halloo</h1> <Xpage=665>

<hw>Hal*loo"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Hallooed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Halloing</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To cry out; to exclaim with a loud voice; to call to a person, as by the word <i>halloo</i>.</def>

<blockquote>Country folks <b>hallooed</b> and hooted after me. <i>Sir P. Sidney.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Halloo</h1> <Xpage=665>

<hw>Hal*loo"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To encourage with shouts.</def>

<blockquote>Old John <b>hallooes</b> his hounds again. <i>Prior.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To chase with shouts or outcries.</def>

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