Halt

//hɒlt// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Lame, limping. archaic, obsolete

    "It is better for the to goo halt into lyfe, then with ij. fete to be cast into hell […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    disabled in the feet or legs wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A cessation, either temporary or permanent. obsolete

    "The contract negotiations put a halt to operations."

  2. 2
    Lameness; a limp. dated, obsolete
  3. 3
    A small railroad station, usually unstaffed or with very few staff, and with few or no facilities. British, Ireland, obsolete

    "Halts were normally unstaffed, tickets being sold on the train."

  4. 4
    Acronym of hungry, angry, lonely, (or) tired. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
  5. 5
    an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement wordnet
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  1. 6
    A minor railway station (usually unstaffed) in the United Kingdom. obsolete

    "The halt itself never achieved much importance, even with workers coming to and from the adjacent works."

  2. 7
    the event of something ending wordnet
  3. 8
    the state of inactivity following an interruption wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To limp; move with a limping gait. intransitive, obsolete

    "Here comes Sir Toby halting — you shall hear more; but if he had not been in drink, he would have tickled you othergates than he did."

  2. 2
    To stop marching. intransitive, obsolete
  3. 3
    stop the flow of a liquid wordnet
  4. 4
    To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; hesitate; be uncertain; linger; delay; mammer. intransitive, obsolete

    "How long halt ye between two opinions?"

  5. 5
    To stop either temporarily or permanently. intransitive, obsolete

    "And it was while all were passionately intent upon the pleasing and snake-like progress of their uncle that a young girl in furs, ascending the stairs two at a time, peeped perfunctorily into the nursery as she passed the hallway—and halted amazed."

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  1. 6
    cause to come to an abrupt stop wordnet
  2. 7
    To be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection with ideas, or in measure, or in versification. intransitive, obsolete
  3. 8
    To bring to a stop. obsolete, transitive
  4. 9
    come to a halt, stop moving wordnet
  5. 10
    To waver. obsolete
  6. 11
    To cause to discontinue. obsolete, transitive

    "The contract negotiations halted operations for at least a week."

  7. 12
    stop from happening or developing wordnet
  8. 13
    To falter. obsolete

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English halten, from Old English healtian (“to be lame, walk with a limp”), from Proto-West Germanic *haltōn, related to *halt. English usage in the sense of 'make a halt' is from the noun. Cognate with North Frisian halte, Swedish halta.

Etymology 2

From Middle French halt, from early modern German halt (“stop!”), imperative of halten (“to hold, to stop”). Doublet of hold (see that entry for more information).

Etymology 3

From Middle French halt, from early modern German halt (“stop!”), imperative of halten (“to hold, to stop”). Doublet of hold (see that entry for more information).

Etymology 4

From Middle English halt, from Old English healt, from Proto-West Germanic *halt, from Proto-Germanic *haltaz (“halt, lame”), from Proto-Indo-European *kol-d-, from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to beat, strike, cut, slash”). Cognate with Danish halt, Swedish halt.

Etymology 5

From Middle English halt, from Old English healt, from Proto-West Germanic *halt, from Proto-Germanic *haltaz (“halt, lame”), from Proto-Indo-European *kol-d-, from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to beat, strike, cut, slash”). Cognate with Danish halt, Swedish halt.

Etymology 6

Borrowed from French halte.

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