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   Halse , v. t. [AS. healsian.]
   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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   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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   Halse, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Halsed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Halsing.] [Cf. Hawser.] To haul; to hoist. [Obs.]
   Grafton
   
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