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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Halt \Halt\ (h[add]lt), 3d pers. sing. pres. of {Hold}, contraction for holdeth. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Halt \Halt\ (h[add]lt), 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] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Halt \Halt\, 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] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Halt \Halt\ (h[add]lt), v. t. (Mil.) To cause to cease marching; to stop; as, the general halted his troops for refreshment. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Halt \Halt\, 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] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Halt \Halt\, n. The act of limping; lameness. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Halt \Halt\, 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] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: halt adj 1: disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg" [syn: {crippled}, {halt}, {halting}, {lame}, {gimpy}, {game}] n 1: the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat" [syn: {arrest}, {check}, {halt}, {hitch}, {stay}, {stop}, {stoppage}] 2: the event of something ending; "it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill" [syn: {stop}, {halt}] 3: an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement; "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze" [syn: {freeze}, {halt}] v 1: cause to stop; "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress"; "halt the presses" [syn: {halt}, {hold}, {arrest}] 2: come to a halt, stop moving; "the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window" [syn: {stop}, {halt}] [ant: {get going}, {go}, {start}] 3: stop from happening or developing; "Block his election"; "Halt the process" [syn: {stop}, {halt}, {block}, {kibosh}] 4: stop the flow of a liquid; "staunch the blood flow"; "stem the tide" [syn: {stem}, {stanch}, {staunch}, {halt}] From German-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.3 [fd-deu-eng]: Halt /halt/ foothold; halt; stay; stop