haltn.1
/hɔːlt/, /hɒlt/, U.S. /hɔlt/, /hɑlt/ a. A temporary stoppage on a march or journey.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > break in a journey
resting?a1425
arresta1500
bait1580
alto1591
halt1598
station1604
stop1650
stoppage1840
noon halt1843
stop-off1869
lay-over1873
stop-over1881
water stop1896
overnight1936
1591 W. Garrard & R. Hitchcock Arte of Warre 168 When the Armie makes Alta to rest.]
1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres iii. 34 How to make their Alto or stand, and how to double their rankes.
1622 F. Markham Five Decades Epist. of Warre v. iii. §4. 171 To make stands (which some call Altoes or Hallts)..whereby the souldier may be refresht when he is weary with travell.
1623 J. Bingham tr. Xenophon Hist. 61 Cherisophus, that at other times vpon the receit of such messages made vsually Alt, made not Alt then.
a1625 Earl Somerset in Cabala i. (1654) 1 I understand of some halt you made, and the Cause of it.
1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 10 Part of the Caravane made an halt.
1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 63 Without any halt by the way.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 532 To descrie the distant foe..In motion or in alt . View more context for this quotation
1709 London Gaz. No. 4583/4 The Duke of Marlborough commanded an Hault.
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. xv. 154 Seeing them come to a halt above the island.
1868 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army §1144 On arrival at the destination, the Halt is to be sounded.
1880 T. Hardy Trumpet-major II. xxvii. 230 Leaving them at halt, he proceeded rapidly onward.
1898 N.E.D. at Halt Mod. Here let us make a halt.
b. A small railway station without the ordinary accommodation or staff, at which only local trains normally stop.
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society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > station > other types
stopping station1840
way station1840
flag-station1852
by-station1864
transfer station1869
junction1876
stationette1891
station house1891
halt1910
stub station1916
ghost station1928
whistle-stop1934
parkway1972
1910 Offic. Guide L.N.W.R. (ed. 15) 410 Rail motor car halts at Wendlebury, Charlton, and Oddington.
1914 Railway Mag. Aug. 152/2 The provision of the ‘halts’ on the new line has been much appreciated locally.
1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §706 Halt attendant; a porter who attends at roadside halt, where there is no proper station staff.
1973 Country Life 7 June 1612/4 A halt or unstaffed stopping place where trains called only if required.
Derivatives
ˈhaltless adj. without a halt.
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1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xxix. 379 An unbroken ice-walk of..twenty haltless hours.
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haltn.2
1. A halting or limping, a limp. archaic.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > manner of walking > limping
haltingc1440
hipping1440
limphalting1549
claudication1555
limping1555
halt1599
limpingness1753
limp1818
hippity-hop1845
gimp1925
1599 W. Shakespeare et al. Passionate Pilgrime (new ed.) sig. D A Cripple soone can finde a halt. [Cf. halt v.1 1.]
1775 Johnson Halt, the act of limping; the manner of limping.
1789 J. Brand Hist. & Antiq. Newcastle I. 310 (note) He had a halt in walking, occasioned by a lameness in one of his legs.
2. The disease foot-rot in sheep. Obsolete or local.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of cattle, horse, or sheep > [noun] > disorders of cattle or sheep > foot-rot
clausick1277
foot evil1562
loor1587
footrot1706
halt1742
foot-halt1788
hoof-rot1863
1742 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman June xi. 124 About Buckingham Town, they call [foot-rot] the Halt.
1757 J. Dyer Fleece i. 28 Long rains in miry winter cause the halt.
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haltadj.
/hɔːlt/, /hɒlt/, U.S. /hɔlt/, /hɑlt/ archaic and literary.figurative.1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses II. 214 Many..made very imperfect and halt returns.1866 London Rev. 3 Mar. 246/1 The case proceeds in a halt, cumbersome style.
Lame; limping.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > lameness or physical disability > [adjective]
limphalta700
lamec725
haltc893
cripplec1230
alamedc1275
crippleda1400
left-handeda1425
limb-take1519
limp-legged1523
limpish1570
lamish1592
limping1599
spavined1647
hip-shotten1648
hamble-shanked1661
hop-legged1714
cripply1775
bockety1842
estropiated1917
a700 Epinal Gloss. 589 Lurdus, laempihalt; Erf. lemphihalt.]
c893 tr. Orosius Hist. (1883) iii. i. 96 Ænne wisne mon, þeh he healt wære, se wæs haten Ageselaus.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 15499 Þe blinde ȝaff he wel to sen & hallte wel to ganngenn.
a1225 St. Marher. 20 Nan misbilimet bern, nowðer halt ne houeret.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 20885 Halt men he gaf þe fote.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 224/1 Halte, or crokyd, claudus.
1526 Bible (Tyndale) John v. f. cxxvv Halt, and wyddered, waytynge for the movynge off the wather.
1613 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals I. ii. 34 To waite vpon the Gout, to walke when pleases Olde Ianuary halt.
1785 W. Cowper Task i. 471 Halt, and weary of the path they tread.
1859 Ld. Tennyson Guinevere in Idylls of King 227 If a man were halt or hunch'd.
Compounds
halt-footed adj.
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1422 tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. (1898) 176 I ne ham not maymet in handis ne in armes, thegh y be halte-footed.
1877–8 J. Morley Crit. Misc. (1888) I. 205 Hollow and halt-footed transactions.
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haltv.1
/hɔːlt/, /hɒlt/, U.S. /hɔlt/, /hɑlt/ 1. intransitive. To be lame, walk lame, limp. archaic.
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the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > be irresolute or vacillate [verb (intransitive)]
haltc825
flecchec1300
waverc1315
flickerc1325
wag1387
swervea1400
floghter1521
stacker1526
to be of (occasionally in) many (also divers) minds1530
wave1532
stagger1533
to hang in the wind1536
to waver as, like, with the wind1548
mammer1554
sway1563
dodge1568
erch1584
suspend1585
float1598
swag1608
hoverc1620
hesitate1623
vacillate1623
fluctuate1634
demur1641
balance1656
to be at shall I, shall I (not)1674
to stand shall I, shall I1674
to go shill-I shall-I1700
to stand at shilly-shally1700
to act, to keep (upon), the volanta1734
whiffle1737
dilly-dally1740
to be in (also of, occasionally on) two minds (also in twenty minds, in (also of) several minds, etc.)1751
oscillate1771
shilly-shally1782
dacker1817
librate1822
humdrum1825
swing1833
(to stand or sit) on or upon the fence1848
to back and fill1854
haver1866
wobble1867
shaffle1873
dicker1879
to be on the weigh-scales1886
waffle1894
to think twice1898
to teeter on the brink1902
dither1908
vagulate1918
pern1920
the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > limp
haltc825
cripplec1220
hip1440
limp1570
linch1570
claudicate1623
hop1700
crimple1754
hilch1786
crutch1828
hamble1828
dot1843
peg-leg1969
c825 Vesp. Psalter xvii. 46 Bearn fremðe aldadon & haltadon.
c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care xi. 65 Stæppað rythe, ne healtigeað leng, ac beoð hale.
c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iv. 1429 (1457) It is ful hard to halten vn-espied By-fore a crepul for he kan þe craft.
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. xxxii. 31 He forsothe haltide with the too foote.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3942 All his liue þan halted he.
1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) vii. 175 But bayarde wente haltynge.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 582/1 I haulte, I go nat upright of one of my legges or of bothe.
1611 Bible (King James) Psalms xxxviii. 17 I am ready to halt . View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iv. i. 24 Thou cold Sciatica, Cripple our Senators, that their limbes may halt As lamely as their Manners. View more context for this quotation
1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. 163 I am not inclined to hault afore I am Lame. View more context for this quotation
1780 W. Cowper Progress of Error 560 Halting on crutches of unequal size.
1868 A. Helps Realmah I. iii. 35 He halted slightly in his walk.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > be mistaken, err [verb (intransitive)]
dwelec900
haltc900
marOE
slidea1000
misfangOE
missOE
to have wough?c1225
misnimc1225
misrekec1275
mis-startc1275
err1303
to go wrongc1340
misgo1340
slipc1340
snapperc1380
forvay1390
to miss of ——c1395
to make a balkc1430
to run in ——1496
trip1509
fault1530
mistake1548
misreckon1584
misstep1605
warpa1616
solecize1627
hallucinate1652
nod1677
to go will1724
to fare astray (misliche, amiss)a1849
slip1890
skid1920
the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from action [verb (intransitive)] > avoid > turn aside from a course of action
wanderc897
haltc900
flitc1175
misdrawc1300
err1303
convertc1374
foldc1380
stray1390
astray1393
swaver?a1400
to fall from ——a1425
recedec1450
depart1535
swervea1547
fag1555
flinch1578
exorbitate1600
extravagate1600
discoasta1677
tralineate1700
aberrate1749
c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (1890) v. xx[ii]. 472 Hi..fram rihtum stigum healtiað.
a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xvii. 49 Þai haltid fra þaire stretis.
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 277 Whom the Jesuites..report to halt from his former Mahumetisme, and to incline to Gentilisme.
3. To walk unsteadily or hesitatingly; to waver, vacillate, oscillate; to remain in doubt.Esp. in the scriptural phrase ‘to halt between two opinions’; now often associated with halt v.2
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > state of uncertainty, suspense > be in suspense [verb (intransitive)] > hesitate between alternatives
halt1382
dilemma1687
bedrift1837
pendulate1837
vacillate1841
to be in (also of, occasionally on) two minds (also in twenty minds, in (also of) several minds, etc.)1853
to be torn between1871
to play pendulum1893
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 1 Kings xviii. 21 How long halt ȝe into two parties? [1611 How long halt ye between two opinions?]
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 343 Their religion halteth betwixt divers religions of the Turkes, Persians, and Christians.
1631 W. Gouge Gods Three Arrowes ii. ii. 134 Such as halted, in some things doing that which was good, in other things that which was evill.
1875 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (ed. 2) III. xii. 150 No longer halting between his loyalty and his plighted oath.
1881 J. Grant Cameronians I. iii. 37 The conversation halted irregularly between music and literature.
4. figurative. To proceed ‘lamely’, imperfectly, or faultily; to be at fault; to be defective in logic, analogy, measure, rhyme, etc., as a syllogism, metaphor, or verse; not to go ‘on all fours’.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > be defective [verb (intransitive)]
halt1436
1436 Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 159 Allas! oure reule halteth, hit is benome.
1548 E. Gest Treat. againste Masse sig. Fviv Doo they not know that eche comparison halteth and in some matters discordeth?
1576 A. Fleming tr. C. Hegendorphinus in Panoplie Epist. 388 That usuall verse, althoughe it hault in one syllable.
1581 R. Mulcaster Positions iv. 23 How so euer men hault in doing of their duetie.
1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet ii. ii. 327 The Lady shall say her minde freely: or the black verse shall hault for't. View more context for this quotation
1678 R. Barclay Apol. True Christian Divinity v. §24. 175 All Comparisons halt in some part.
a1771 T. Gray Observ. Eng. Metre in Wks. (1814) II. 6 Where the verse seems to halt, it is very probably occasioned by the transcriber's neglect.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > act fraudulently, cheat [verb (intransitive)]
faitc1330
defraudc1384
to take (the) advantagea1393
false1393
halt1412
haft1519
juggle1528
wily beguile1550
foist1584
lurch1593
fog1621
imposture1624
rook1637
impone1640
cheat1647
chicane1671
humbug1753
fineer1765
gag1781
mountebank1814
jockeya1835
sniggle1837
barney1848
straw1851
honeyfuggle1856
skinch1891
finagle1926
1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy i. v Yet in the truth some~while doth he halte.
1585 Queen Elizabeth I in W. B. Scoones Four Cent. Eng. Lett. (1880) 29 I cannot halt with you so muche as to denye that I have seen suche evident shewes of your contrarious dealings.
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxii. xxx. 828 Some doubt and suspition they had, that their allies haulted, and were not sound of al four.
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haltv.2
/hɔːlt/, /hɒlt/, U.S. /hɔlt/, /hɑlt/ 1.
a. intransitive. To make a halt; to make a temporary stoppage in a march or journey. (At first a military term only, but sometimes in later use a mere synonym of ‘stop’.)
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the world > movement > absence of movement > [verb (intransitive)] > cease to move or become motionless > come to a stand or stop
abideOE
atstandc1000
steveneta1225
atstuntc1230
to make, take, etc., stallc1275
stema1300
astandc1314
withstanda1325
stintc1374
arrestc1400
stotec1400
stayc1440
steadc1475
stop short1530
disadvance1610
come1611
consist1611
check1635
halt1656
to bring to1697
to draw up1767
to bring up1769
to pull up1781
to fetch up1838
to come to a standstill1852
society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > journey [verb (intransitive)] > make a break in a journey
call1642
to call in1643
halt1656
stop1743
off-saddle1823
to stop over1855
night-stop1951
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Halt, or to make an halt..to stop, stay, or make a stand or pause.
1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 15 Halting and advancing according to the orders.
1672 T. Venn Mil. & Maritine Discipline i. viii. 20 (note) The word Alt doth signify to make a stand, and is derived from the Dutch word Halt, which is as we say hold.
1686 Abridgem. Eng. Milit. Discipl. 117 As soon as the Body is marched as far as is intended, they are to be commanded to Halt.
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. xii. 265 Having halted on our first approach, and never advancing a step afterwards.
1853 C. Brontë Villette xxi We took a walk into the country and halted for refreshment at a farm.
1853 C. Brontë Villette I. xiv. 299 Speaking in an unpremeditated, impulsive strain, which startled me strangely when I halted to reflect.
1854 J. G. Wood Sketches Animal Life (1855) 398 I would defy the best trained cavalry horse to have halted more instantaneously.
b. Military. In the imperative, a word of command. Also formerly used as a command in traffic regulations and on road signs. So halt notice, halt sign. Also transferred.
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the world > movement > absence of movement > do not move [interjection] > command to stop
standOE
halt1796
society > armed hostility > military organization > orders > order [interjection] > order to stop
halt1796
society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [noun] > traffic control > road sign > specific
halt sign1932
no-entry sign1937
yield sign1951
give-way sign1963
sharrow2004
1796 Instr. & Regulations Cavalry 93 The officer of the second division gives his word Wheel!..and then Halt! Dress! when the wheel is completed.
1932 E. Wallace When Gangs came to London xx. 175 He caught Terry's eye and abruptly changed the subject. When they were outside: ‘What was that halt sign?’ demanded Jiggs.
1935 Highway Code 21 (caption) Halt sign.
1958 A. Wilson Middle Age of Mrs Eliot ii. 153 David, recognizing the Grimm quotation as a halt sign, laughed too.
1965 D. M. Devine His Own Appointed Day i. ii. 17 Left, here. Then turn right at the halt sign.
1967 M. Summerton Memory of Darkness ii. 21 He had driven through a halt sign, and collided with an on-coming tanker.
1969 Times 15 July 7/3 What are the advantages of the Give Way signs? Why cannot the Ministry go back to the old safer Halt notices?
2. transitive. To cause to halt; to bring to a stand; to stop.
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the world > movement > absence of movement > render immobile [verb (transitive)] > stop the movement of > bring to a standstill
astintc700
stinta1330
arrestc1374
stopc1440
stowc1440
stote1489
to pull up1623
to draw up1765
halt1805
to bring to a standstill1809
snub1841
paralyse1933
1805 G. Lake in Marquess Wellesley Select. Despatches (1877) 533 The flight of Holkar..induced me to halt the army.
1827 H. Steuart Planter's Guide (1828) 275 When the machine has got within forty or fifty yards of the place, it is proper to halt the horses.
Derivatives
halted adj. brought to a stand.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > absence of movement > [adjective] > coming to rest > brought to a stand
arrested1611
halted1796
stopped1850
1796 Instr. & Regulations Cavalry 22 Wheels of divisions of the squadron or line, are made on a halted, or on a moveable pivot.
1847 Infantry Man. (1854) 62 Wheeling round the halted file.
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n.21599adj.c893v.1c825v.21656- disforests
- disform
- disformate
- disformation
- disformed
- disformity
- disfortune
- disframe
- disfranchise
- disfranchised
- disfranchisement
- disfranchisements
- disfranchiser
- disfranchisers
- disfranchises
- disfranchising
- disfrange
- disfrank
- disfraught
- disfrequent
- disfrequenter
- disfriar
- disfriendship
- disfrock
- disfrocked