Definition of Haulst

1. halse [v] - See also: halse

Lexicographical Neighbors of Haulst

haulier
hauliers
hauling
haulm
haulmier
haulmiest
haulms
haulmy
hauls
haulse
haulsed
haulses
haulsing
haulst (current term)
hault
haulyard
haulyards
haum
haums
haunce
haunced
haunces
haunch
haunched
haunches
haunching
hauncing
haunt

Literary usage of Haulst

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1904)
"HALS, ». (A.-S.) The neck. HALSE, (1) v. (A.-S.) To embrace; to clip round the neck. And lovely haulst, from feare of treason free. FQ, IV, iii, «. (3) ». ..."

2. A Glossary of Tudor and Stuart Words: Especially from the Dramatists by Walter William Skeat, Anthony Lawson Mayhew (1914)
"Pt. t. haulst, Spenser, FQ iv. 8. 49 ; ' I halse one, I take hym aboute the necke,> accolte', Palsgrave. See EDD. (sv Halse, vb. 9). ..."

3. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"... or hang on the neck, is used b Spenser also : Instead of strokes, etch other kissed glad And lovely haulst, from feare of treason free. tC. ..."

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