Halse v. t.
  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.
  Halse, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Halsed p. pr. & vb. n. Halsing.]  To haul; to hoist. [Obs.]
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