The blank verse shall halt for it.
Shak.
Halt"er (-r), n. One who halts or limps; a cripple.
Hal"ter (hl"tr), n. [OE. halter, helter, helfter, AS. hÊlftre; 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.
No man e'er felt the halter draw With good opinion of the law.
Trumbull.
Hal"ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Haltered (-trd); 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.
||Hal*te"res (hl*t"rz), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. "alth^res weights used in
||jumping, fr. "a`llesqai to leap.] (Zoˆl.) Balancers; the rudimentary
||hind wings of Diptera.
Hal"ter-sack` (hl"tr*sk`), n. A term of reproach, implying that one is
fit to be hanged. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
Halt"ing*ly (hlt"ng*l), adv. In a halting or limping manner.
Hal"vans (hl"vanz), n. pl. (Mining) Impure ore; dirty ore. Raymond.
Hal"ve (h‰l"ve), n. A half. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Halve (h‰v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Halved (h‰vd); p. pr. & vb. n.
Halving.] [From Half.] 1. To divide into two equal parts; as, to halve
an apple; to be or form half of.
So far apart their lives are thrown From the twin soul that halves
their own.