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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
halse .
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Examples
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But the king leapt from his horse lightly, and either halsed other in their arms.
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AND there she welcomed him fair, and either halsed other in arms, and so she let put up his horse in the best wise, and then she unarmed him.
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AND there she welcomed him fair, and either halsed other in arms, and so she let put up his horse in the best wise, and then she unarmed him.
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But the king leapt from his horse lightly, and either halsed other in their arms.
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In the night came "a terrible tempest," which scattered the duke's ships "one from another, so that two of them were not in compagnie together in one place;" and when the tempest had done its work, it passed away; and the gales were fair, and the heaven was clear, when, the next day, the earl "halsed up the sayles," and came in sight of Dartmouth.
The Last of the Barons — Volume 10 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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In the night came "a terrible tempest," which scattered the duke's ships "one from another, so that two of them were not in compagnie together in one place;" and when the tempest had done its work, it passed away; and the gales were fair, and the heaven was clear, when, the next day, the earl "halsed up the sayles," and came in sight of Dartmouth.
The Last of the Barons — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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