[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

halse \halse\, v. t. imp.  p. p. halsed haddlst; p. pr.
    vb. n. halsing. cf. hawser.
   to haul; to hoist. obs. --grafton
   1913 webster
see also:
halsed halsing hawser 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

halse \halse\ haddls, v. t. as. healsian.
   1. to embrace about the neck; to salute; to greet. obs.
      1913 webster

            each other kissed glad
            and lovely halst.                     --spenser.
      1913 webster

   2. to adjure; to beseech; to entreat. obs.
      1913 webster

            o dere child, i halse thee,
            in virtue of the holy trinity.        --chaucer.
      1913 webster

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