Definition of halt

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Halt (v. i.) 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.

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Shalt :: Shalt () 2d per. sing. of Shall.
Hiphalt :: Hiphalt (a.) Lame in the hip.
Hitch :: Hitch (v. t.) To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; -- said of something obstructed or impeded..
Asphalt :: Asphalt (v. t.) To cover with asphalt; as, to asphalt a roof; asphalted streets..
None :: None (a.) No; not any; -- used adjectively before a vowel, in old style; as, thou shalt have none assurance of thy life..
Stringiness :: Stringhalt (n.) An habitual sudden twitching of the hinder leg of a horse, or an involuntary or convulsive contraction of the muscles that raise the hock..
Foothalt :: Foothalt (n.) A disease affecting the feet of sheep.
Hitch :: Hitch (v. t.) To hook; to catch or fasten as by a hook or a knot; to make fast, unite, or yoke; as, to hitch a horse, or a halter..
Halt :: Halt (a.) Halting or stopping in walking; lame.
Pseudohalter :: Pseudohalter (n.) One of the rudimentary front wings of certain insects (Stylops). They resemble the halteres, or rudimentary hind wings, of Diptera..
Stand :: Stand (n.) To cease from progress; not to proceed; to stop; to pause; to halt; to remain stationary.
Pissasphalt :: Pissasphalt (n.) Earth pitch; a soft, black bitumen of the consistence of tar, and of a strong smell. It is inflammable, and intermediate between petroleum and asphalt..
Ropery :: Ropery (n.) Tricks deserving the halter; roguery.
Station :: Station (n.) A church in which the procession of the clergy halts on stated days to say stated prayers.
Halt :: Halt (n.) The act of limping; lameness.
Kerite :: Kerite (n.) A compound in which tar or asphaltum combined with animal or vegetable oils is vulcanized by sulphur, the product closely resembling rubber; -- used principally as an insulating material in telegraphy..
Art :: Art () The second person singular, indicative mode, present tense, of the substantive verb Be; but formed after the analogy of the plural are, with the ending -t, as in thou shalt, wilt, orig. an ending of the second person sing. pret. Cf. Be. Now used only in solemn or poetical style..
Information :: Information (v. t.) A proceeding in the nature of a prosecution for some offens against the government, instituted and prosecuted, really or nominally, by some authorized public officer on behalt of the government. It differs from an indictment in criminal cases chiefly in not being based on the finding of a grand juri. See Indictment..
Halt :: Halt (v. i.) To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; to hesitate; to be uncertain..
Stop :: Stop (v. i.) To cease to go on; to halt, or stand still; to come to a stop..
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