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‖n. [ F. See Asphalt. ] Asphaltic mastic or cement. See Asphalt, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, of the nature of, or containing, asphalt; bituminous. “Asphaltic pool.” “Asphaltic slime.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Asphaltic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Asphaltic. Bryant. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Gr. &unr_;, of eastern origin: cf. F. asphalte. ] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A composition of bitumen, pitch, lime, and gravel, used for forming pavements, and as a water-proof cement for bridges, roofs, etc.; asphaltic cement. Artificial asphalt is prepared from coal tar, lime, sand, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Asphalt stone,
Asphalt rock, a limestone found impregnated with asphalt. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n. See Asphalt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A disease affecting the feet of sheep. [ 1913 Webster ]

3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contraction for holdeth. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ OE. halten, AS. healtian. See Halt, a. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To walk lamely; to limp. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To have an irregular rhythm; to be defective. [ 1913 Webster ]

The blank verse shall halt for it. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Formerly alt, It. alto, G. halt, fr. halten to hold. See Hold. ] A stop in marching or walking, or in any action; arrest of progress. [ 1913 Webster ]

Without any halt they marched. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Lovers ] soon in passion's war contest,
Yet in their march soon make a halt. Davenant. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Halted; p. pr. & vb. n. Halting. ] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; to hesitate; to be uncertain. [ 1913 Webster ]

How long halt ye between two opinions? 1 Kings xviii. 21. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. (Mil.) To cause to cease marching; to stop; as, the general halted his troops for refreshment. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ AS. healt; akin to OS., Dan., & Sw. halt, Icel. haltr, halltr, Goth. halts, OHG. halz. ] Halting or stopping in walking; lame. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. Luke xiv. 21. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of limping; lameness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who halts or limps; a cripple. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. halter, helter, helfter, AS. hælftre; akin to G. halfter, D. halfter, halster, and also to E. helve. See Helve. ] A strong strap or cord. Especially: (a) A rope or strap, with or without a headstall, for leading or tying a horse. (b) A rope for hanging malefactors; a noose. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

No man e'er felt the halter draw
With good opinion of the law. Trumbull. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Haltered p. pr. & vb. n. Haltering. ] To tie by the neck with a rope, strap, or halter; to put a halter on; to subject to a hangman's halter. “A haltered neck.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. "alth^res weights used in jumping, fr. "a`llesqai to leap. ] (Zool.) Balancers; the rudimentary hind wings of Diptera. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A term of reproach, implying that one is fit to be hanged. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a halting or limping manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Lame in the hip. [ R. ] Gower.

pos>n. A kind of halter usually made of raw hide. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. See Pissasphalt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ For pissasphalt. ] (Min.) Pissasphalt. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. pissasphaltus, Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; pitch + &unr_; asphalt: cf. F. pissasphalte. ] (Min.) Earth pitch; a soft, black bitumen of the consistency of tar, and of a strong smell. It is inflammable, and intermediate between petroleum and asphalt. [ Written also pisasphaltum, pisasphalt, etc. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Pseudohalteres [ NL. See Pseudo-, and Halteres. ] (Zool.) One of the rudimentary front wings of certain insects (Stylops). They resemble the halteres, or rudimentary hind wings, of Diptera. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; resin + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; asphalt. ] (Min.) Retinite. [ 1913 Webster ]

2d per. sing. of Shall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Far.) A kind of lameness in a horse. See Stringhalt. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Far.) An habitual sudden twitching of the hinder leg of a horse, or an involuntary or convulsive contraction of the muscles that raise the hock. [ Written also springhalt. ] [ 1913 Webster ]