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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HALSE, n. The neck or throat.
HALSE, v.i. hals. To embrace about the neck; to adjure; to greet.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Halse Halse, v. t. [AS. healsian.] 1. To embrace about the neck; to salute; to greet. [Obs.] Each other kissed glad And lovely halst. --Spenser. 2. To adjure; to beseech; to entreat. [Obs.] O dere child, I halse thee, In virtue of the Holy Trinity. --Chaucer.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Halse Halse, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Halsed (h?lst); p. pr. & vb. n. Halsing.] [Cf. Hawser.] To haul; to hoist. [Obs.]