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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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Etymology of 'Halt'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Halt" Quotes from Famous Books

... the whole time. There was even some slight apprehension in them at the sight of that swift, voiceless approach. Jeff came to a halt before him, and it was the ranch hand who ...

— The Forfeit • Ridgwell Cullum

... Van Systens and his nosegay, then the corporation, then followed a cheer for the people; and, at last, and for once with great justice, there was one for the excellent music with which the gentlemen of the town councils generously treated the assemblage at every halt. ...

— The Black Tulip • Alexandre Dumas (Pere)

... "Halt! Stop a moment!" I said to myself, when I reached the woods. God in Heaven, but there must be an end of this! I felt all hot within on a sudden, and I groaned. Alas, I had no longer any pride in my heart; I had enjoyed Edwarda's favour for a week, at the outside, ...

— Pan • Knut Hamsun

... we can no longer ask British statesmen, "How long halt ye between two opinions?" That the plan adopted by the Government is the better of the two at present mooted I shall endeavour to show. In the first place, it is a mere accident that Trinity College ...

— Ireland and the Home Rule Movement • Michael F. J. McDonnell

... capable of transference from the object to the subject. That is to say that the fetichist may show a tendency to cultivate his fetich in his own person. A foot-fetichist may like to go barefoot himself; a man who admired lame women liked to halt himself; a man who was attracted by small waists in women found sexual gratification in tight-lacing himself; a man who was fascinated by fine white skin and wished to cut it found satisfaction in cutting his own skin; Moll's coprolagnic ...

— Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 (of 6) • Havelock Ellis

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