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Halsed

Halse \Halse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Halsed (h[add]lst); p. pr. & vb. n. Halsing.] [Cf. Hawser.] To haul; to hoist. [Obs.]
--Grafton

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halsed

vb. (en-past of: halse)

Usage examples of "halsed".

But the king leapt from his horse lightly, and either halsed other in their arms.

His hands relaxed their grip, Jerome halsed in breath noisily and cooled from purple to brick-red, and a dozen hands hauled the culprit to his feet and held him, still breathing fire and saying no word, just as Prior Robert, tall and awful as though he wore the mitre already, came sailing down the tiled corridor, blazing like a bolt of the wrath of God.