halo

v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Haloed p. pr. & vb. n. Haloing. ] To form, or surround with, a halo; to encircle with, or as with, a halo. [ 1913 Webster ]

The fire
That haloed round his saintly brow. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Halos [ L. halos, acc. halo, Gr. "a`lws a thrashing floor, also (from its round shape) the disk of the sun or moon, and later a halo round it; cf. Gr. e'ily`ein to enfold, 'ely`ein to roll round, L. volvere, and E. voluble.] 1. A luminous circle, usually prismatically colored, round the sun or moon, and supposed to be caused by the refraction of light through crystals of ice in the atmosphere. Connected with halos there are often white bands, crosses, or arches, resulting from the same atmospheric conditions. [1913 Webster]

2. A circle of light; especially, the bright ring represented in painting as surrounding the heads of saints and other holy persons; a glory; a nimbus. [1913 Webster]

3. An ideal glory investing, or affecting one's perception of, an object. [1913 Webster]

4. A colored circle around a nipple; an areola. [1913 Webster]

n.; pl. halobacteria or halobacters Any halophilic bacterium of the archaebacteria group, expecially of the genera Halobacterium and Halococcus, which live in saline environments such as the Dead Sea or salt flats.
Syn. -- halobacteria, halobacter. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. A genus of dioecious trees or shrubs of New Zealand; similar in habit to Dacrydium.
Syn. -- genus Halocarpus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Surrounded with a halo; invested with an ideal glory; glorified. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some haloed face bending over me. C. Bronté. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. "a`ls, "alo`s, salt + -gen: cf. F. halogène. ] (Chem.) An electro-negative element or radical, which, by combination with a metal, forms a haloid salt; especially, chlorine, fluorine, bromine, and iodine; sometimes, also cyanogen. See Chlorine family, under Chlorine. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of the nature of a halogen. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. "a`ls, "alo`s salt + -oid: cf. F. haloïde. ] (Chem.) Resembling salt; -- said of certain binary compounds consisting of a metal united to a negative element or radical, and now chiefly applied to the chlorides, bromides, iodides, and sometimes also to the fluorides and cyanides. -- n. A haloid substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Alomancy. [ 1913 Webster ]