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Halse v. t.

To embrace about the neck; to salute; to greet. (Obs.) "Each other kissed glad And lovely halst."

To adjure; to beseech; to entreat. (Obs.) "O dere child, I halse thee, In virtue of the Holy Trinity."

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... certain fish which we purposed to weather, and therefore left it all night covered upon the isle; the brutish people of this country lay secretly lurking in the wood, and upon the sudden assaulted our men, which when we perceived, we presently let slip our cables upon the halse, and under our foresail bore into the shore, and with all expedition discharged a double musket upon them twice, at the noise whereof they fled; notwithstanding, to our very great grief, two of our men were slain with their arrows, and two grievously wounded, of whom, ...

— Voyages in Search of the North-West Passage • Richard Hakluyt