Definition of halt

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Halt (v. t.) To cause to cease marching; to stop; as, the general halted his troops for refreshment..

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Halter :: Halter (n.) A rope or strap, with or without a headstall, for leading or tying a horse..
Lunge :: Lunge (v. t.) To cause to go round in a ring, as a horse, while holding his halter..
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..
Springhead :: Springhalt (n.) A kind of lameness in horse. See Stringhalt.
Hanging :: Hanging (n.) Death by suspension; execution by a halter.
Station :: Station (n.) A church in which the procession of the clergy halts on stated days to say stated prayers.
Headstall :: Headstall (n.) That part of a bridle or halter which encompasses the head.
Haltering :: Haltering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Halte.
Claudication :: Claudication (n.) A halting or limping.
Stand :: Stand (n.) To cease from progress; not to proceed; to stop; to pause; to halt; to remain stationary.
Holohemihedral :: Holohemihedral (a.) Presenting hemihedral forms, in which all the sectants have halt the whole number of planes..
Asphalt :: Asphalt (v. t.) To cover with asphalt; as, to asphalt a roof; asphalted streets..
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..
Halter :: Halter (n.) A strong strap or cord.
Throatlatch :: Throatlatch (n.) A strap of a bridle, halter, or the like, passing under a horse's throat..
Pseudohalter :: Pseudohalter (n.) One of the rudimentary front wings of certain insects (Stylops). They resemble the halteres, or rudimentary hind wings, of Diptera..
Cripple :: Cripple (a.) Lame; halting.
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 () 3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contraction for holdeth..
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