Definition of halt

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Halt (n.) The act of limping; lameness.

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Hold :: Hold (n. i.) Not to more; to halt; to stop;-mostly in the imperative.
Limp :: Limp (n.) A halt; the act of limping.
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..
Bitumen :: Bitumen (n.) By extension, any one of the natural hydrocarbons, including the hard, solid, brittle varieties called asphalt, the semisolid maltha and mineral tars, the oily petroleums, and even the light, volatile naphthas..
Asphalt :: Asphalt (v. t.) To cover with asphalt; as, to asphalt a roof; asphalted streets..
Halt :: Halt (v. t.) To cause to cease marching; to stop; as, the general halted his troops for refreshment..
Springhead :: Springhalt (n.) A kind of lameness in horse. See Stringhalt.
Hiphalt :: Hiphalt (a.) Lame in the hip.
Cripple :: Cripple (a.) Lame; halting.
Hanging :: Hanging (n.) Death by suspension; execution by a halter.
Foothalt :: Foothalt (n.) A disease affecting the feet of sheep.
Thyself :: Thyself (pron.) An emphasized form of the personal pronoun of the second person; -- used as a subject commonly with thou; as, thou thyself shalt go; that is, thou shalt go, and no other. It is sometimes used, especially in the predicate, without thou, and in the nominative as well as in the objective case..
Encamp :: Encamp (v. i.) To form and occupy a camp; to prepare and settle in temporary habitations, as tents or huts; to halt on a march, pitch tents, or form huts, and remain for the night or for a longer time, as an army or a company traveling..
Halted :: Halted (imp. & p. p.) of Hal.
None :: None (a.) No; not any; -- used adjectively before a vowel, in old style; as, thou shalt have none assurance of thy life..
Halt :: Halt (v. i.) To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; to hesitate; to be uncertain..
Halteres :: Halteres (n. pl.) Balancers; the rudimentary hind wings of Diptera.
Pisasphaltum :: Pisasphaltum (n.) See Pissasphalt.
Hobble :: Hobble (n.) An unequal gait; a limp; a halt; as, he has a hobble in his gait..
Wag-halter :: Wag-halter (n.) One who moves or wears a halter; one likely to be hanged.
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