Part 5093

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To walk lamely; to limp.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To have an irregular rhythm; to be defective.</def>

<blockquote>The blank verse shall <b>halt</b> for it. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Halter</h1> <Xpage=666>

<hw>Halt"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who halts or limps<?/ a cripple.</def>

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<hw>Hal"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>halter</ets>, <ets>helter</ets>, <ets>helfter</ets>, AS. <ets>h\'91lftre</ets>; akin to G. <ets>halfter</ets>, D. <ets>halfter</ets>, <ets>halster</ets>, and also to E. <ets>helve</ets>. See <er>Helve</er>.]</ety> <def>A strong strap or cord. Especially: <sd>(a)</sd> A rope or strap, with or without a headstall, for leading or tying a horse. <sd>(b)</sd> A rope for hanging malefactors; a noose.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>No man e'er felt the <b>halter</b> draw With good opinion of the law. <i>Trumbull.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Hal"ter</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Haltered</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Haltering</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To tie by the neck with a rope, strap, or halter; to put a halter on; to subject to a hangman's halter.</def> "A <i>haltered</i> neck."

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Halteres</h1> <Xpage=666>

<hw>Hal*te"res</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ weights used in jumping, fr. <?/ to leap.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Balancers; the rudimentary hind wings of Diptera.</def>

<h1>Halter-sack</h1> <Xpage=666>

<hw>Hal"ter-sack`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A term of reproach, implying that one is fit to be hanged. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <i>Beau. & Fl.</i></def>

<h1>Haltingly</h1> <Xpage=666>

<hw>Halt"ing*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a halting or limping manner.</def>

<h1>Halvans</h1> <Xpage=666>

<hw>Hal"vans</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>Impure ore; dirty ore.</def>

<h1>Halve</h1> <Xpage=666>

<hw>Hal"ve</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A half.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Halve</h1> <Xpage=666>

<hw>Halve</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Halved</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Halving</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[From <er>Half</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To divide into two equal parts; <as>as, to <ex>halve</ex> an apple</as>; to be or form half of.</def>

<blockquote>So far apart their lives are thrown From the twin soul that <b>halves</b> their own. <i>M. Arnold.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>To join, as two pieces of timber, by cutting away each for half its thickness at the joining place, and fitting together.</def>

<h1>Halved</h1> <Xpage=666>