v. t. (ha̤ls)
[AS. healsian.]
1. To embrace about the neck; to salute; to greet. [Obs.]
Each other kissed gladSpenser.
And lovely halst.
2. To adjure; to beseech; to entreat. [Obs.]
O dere child, I halse thee,Chaucer.
In virtue of the Holy Trinity.
Halse
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Halsed (ha̤lst); p. pr. & vb. n. Halsing.]
[Cf.
To haul; to hoist. [Obs.] Grafton
