HALT

n. v. a.

9 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contraction for holdeth. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2.
n.

A stop in marching or walking, or in any action; arrest of progress. Without any halt they marched. Clarendon. [Lovers] soon in passion's war contest, Yet in their march soon make a halt. Davenant.

3.
v.

To hold one's self from proceeding; to hold up; to cease progress; to stop for a longer or shorter period; to come to a stop; to stand still.

4.
v.

To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; to h How long halt ye between two opinions 1 Kings xviii. 21

5.
v.

To cause to cease marching; to stop; as, the general halted his troops for refreshment.

6.
a.

Halting or stopping in walking; lame. Bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. Luke xiv. 21.

7.
n.

The act of limping; lameness.

8.
v.

To walk lamely; to limp.

9.
v.

To have an irregular rhythm; to be defective. The blank verse shall halt for it. Shak.

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