Definition of halt

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Halt (n.) A stop in marching or walking, or in any action; arrest of progress..

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Foothalt :: Foothalt (n.) A disease affecting the feet of sheep.
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..
Halting :: Halting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hal.
Haltering :: Haltering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Halte.
Asphaltum :: Asphaltum (n.) Mineral pitch, Jews' pitch, or compact native bitumen. It is brittle, of a black or brown color and high luster on a surface of fracture; it melts and burns when heated, leaving no residue. It occurs on the surface and shores of the Dead Sea, which is therefore called Asphaltites, or the Asphaltic Lake. It is found also in many parts of Asia, Europe, and America. See Bitumen..
Asphaltic :: Asphaltic (a.) Pertaining to, of the nature of, or containing, asphalt; bituminous..
Halter :: Halter (n.) A strong strap or cord.
Flea-beetle :: Flea-beetle (n.) A small beetle of the family Halticidae, of many species. They have strong posterior legs and leap like fleas. The turnip flea-beetle (Phyllotreta vittata) and that of the grapevine (Graptodera chalybea) are common injurious species..
Pseudohalteres :: Pseudohalteres (pl. ) of Pseudohalte.
Faltering :: Faltering (n.) Falter; halting; hesitation.
Headstall :: Headstall (n.) That part of a bridle or halter which encompasses the head.
Halter-sack :: Halter-sack (n.) A term of reproach, implying that one is fit to be hanged..
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..
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..
Asphalte :: Asphalte (n.) Asphaltic mastic or cement. See Asphalt, 2..
Challenge :: Challenge (n.) The act of a sentry in halting any one who appears at his post, and demanding the countersign..
Hanging :: Hanging (n.) Death by suspension; execution by a halter.
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..
None :: None (a.) No; not any; -- used adjectively before a vowel, in old style; as, thou shalt have none assurance of thy life..
Limp :: Limp (n.) A halt; the act of limping.
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