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To limp; move with a limping gait.
verbo
- 1
obsoletoTo limp; move with a limping gait.
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.
Do not smile at me that I boast her of, For thou shalt find she will outstrip all praise, And make it halt behind her.
- 2
obsoletoTo stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; hesitate; be uncertain; linger; delay; mammer.
How long halt ye between two opinions?
- 3
obsoletoTo be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection with ideas, or in measure, or in versification.
- 4
obsoletoTo waver.
- 5
obsoletoTo falter.
Etimologia
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.
verbo
- 1
obsoletoTo stop marching.
- 2
obsoletoTo stop either temporarily or permanently.
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.
- 3
obsoletoTo bring to a stop.
- 4
obsoletoTo cause to discontinue.
The contract negotiations halted operations for at least a week.
Etimologia
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).
sostantivo
- 1
obsoletoA cessation, either temporary or permanent.
The contract negotiations put a halt to operations.
Without any halt they marched.
Because most diesel failures can be traced to electrical faults, minor in themselves but often difficult to pin-point, any unscheduled halt during a trial run is often the signal for the frenzied unfolding of wiring diagrams and the appearance of an impressive array of voltmeters and circuit testers.
- 2
obsoletoA minor railway station (usually unstaffed) in the United Kingdom.
The halt itself never achieved much importance, even with workers coming to and from the adjacent works.
The highest point on the line is at milepost 21¾, 367 ft. above sea level. Here there is a halt named Kilmakerrill, after which the line descends to Manorhamilton (24¾ miles).
aggettivo
- 1
arcaicoLame, limping.
It is better for the to goo halt into lyfe, then with ij. fete to be cast into hell […]
Bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.
Etimologia
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.
sostantivo
- 1
desuetoLameness; a limp.
sostantivo
- 1
obsoletoA small railroad station, usually unstaffed or with very few staff, and with few or no facilities.
Halts were normally unstaffed, tickets being sold on the train.
Etimologia
Borrowed from French halte. See also Etymology 2.
Forme
- plurale
- halts
- comparativo
- more halt
- superlativo
- most halt
- passato
- halted
- participio passato
- halted
- participio presente
- halting
- 3ª persona singolare
- halts
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