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noun

Halt n. A stop in marching or walking, or in any action; arrest of progress. "Without any halt they marched." "(Lovers) soon in passion's war contest, Yet in their march soon make a halt."

Halt n. The act of limping; lameness.

verb

Halt v. t. (Mil.) To cause to cease marching; to stop; as, the general halted his troops for refreshment.

Halt v. i. (past & past part. halted; pres. part. halting)

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.

To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; to hesitate; to be uncertain. "How long halt ye between two opinions?"

Halt v. i.

To walk lamely; to limp.

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

Halt v. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contraction for holdeth. (Obs.)

adjective

Halt adj. Halting or stopping in walking; lame. "Bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind."

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"Halt" Quotes from Famous Books

... I tackled your stone pile at once and we pitched quantities aside, but couldn't finish because Connie, who was watching the tide, called a halt too soon. But we cleared enough rocks away to feel rather sure there is an opening of some kind beyond; just possibly the passage you are so keen on, more probably connecting with another cave. The Jersey cliffs are honey-combed with ...

— The Spanish Chest • Edna A. Brown

... the very young, the very old and the halt; abuse all able-bodied adults, and laugh at any one in whom you see anything amusing," ...

— The Touchstone of Fortune • Charles Major

... for seven or eight miles at a walking pace, and when the heat of the day rendered it necessary for them to stop, turned into a grove by the roadside, as they had no intention of going on to Savandroog that day, intending to halt some miles short of it, and to present themselves there the next afternoon. They therefore prepared for a stay of some hours. The pack horses were unloaded, and the saddles taken off ...

— The Tiger of Mysore - A Story of the War with Tippoo Saib • G. A. Henty

... city Durubli(231) has sent forth soldiers to war to the city Simyra. If the heart of the King my Lord is toward the city of Durubli my Lord will also order many soldiers, thirty chariots and an hundred chief men of your land; and you will halt at the city Durubli, my Lord's city. If the lands are to be defended, the King will order the departure of Egyptian soldiers (bitati) to the city of Gebal, and (I doubt not?) you will march to us. And I ... to slay him, and ... behold the King my Lord ...

— Egyptian Literature

... a hundred copies, but entirely to the poor, who "receive the Scriptures with gladness," although the hearts of the rich were hard. The work in and about Madrid continued until the middle of March, when Borrow decided to make an excursion as far as Talavera. The first halt was made at the village of Naval Carnero. Soon after his arrival orders came from Madrid warning the alcaldes of every village in New Castile to be on the look out for the tall, white- haired heretic, of whom an exact description was given, who to-day was in ...

— The Life of George Borrow • Herbert Jenkins

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