Halse (h&asuml_;ls), v. t. [AS. healsian.] 1. 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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2. 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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