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or tying a horse. (b) A rope for hanging malefactors; a noose. Shak. No man e'er felt the halter draw With good opinion of the law. Trumbull.

A term of reproach, implying that one is fit to be hanged. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

Balancers; the rudimentary hind wings of Diptera.

A kind of halter usually made of raw hide.

One of the rudimentary front wings of certain insects (Stylops). They resemble the halteres, or rudimentary hind wings, of Diptera.

One who moves or wears a halter; one likely to be hanged. [Colloq. & Obs.] I can tell you, I am a mad wag-halter. Marston.

eral things offered to choose among. My decided preference is for the fourth and last of thalternatives. Gladstone.

ut of which drink is expressed. Bacon. And th'idle breath all utterly expressed. Spenser. Halters and racks can not express from thee More than by deeds. B. Jonson.

A halter consisting of a long leather or rope strap and headstall, -- used for leading or tieing a pack animal. [Western U.S.]

Requiring, deserving, or foreboding death by the halter. "What a hanging face!" Dryden.

ard nothing by a course of evangelical obedience. John Clarke. He hazards his neck to the halter. Fuller.

That part of a bridle or halter which encompasses the head. Shak.

r fasten as by a hook or a knot; to make fast, unite, or yoke; as, to hitch a horse, or a halter.

me physical contact connection; as, a father leads a child; a jockey leads a horse with a halter; a dog leads a blind man. If a blind man lead a blind man, both fall down in the ditch. Wyclif (Matt. xv. 14.) They thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill. Luke iv. 29. In thy right hand lead with…

To cause to go round in a ring, as a horse, while holding his halter. Thackeray.

Tricks deserving the halter; roguery. [Obs.] "Saucy merchant . . . so full of his ropery." Shak.

A strap of a bridle, halter, or the like, passing under a horse's throat.

A collar, leash, or halter used to restrain a dog in pursuing game. Markham. Trash ice, crumbled ice mixed with water.

to have derived its name from the German term wälsch foreign. -- Welsh parsley, hemp, or halters made from hemp. [Obs. & Jocular] J. Fletcher. -- Welsh rabbit. See under Rabbit.

A rope or halter made of flexible twigs, or withes, as of birch. [Scot.]