[hawl-ter] 
| 1. | a rope or strap with a noose or headstall for leading or restraining horses or cattle. |
| 2. | a rope with a noose for hanging criminals; the hangman's noose; gallows. |
| 3. | death by hanging. |
| 4. | Also called halter top. a woman's top, secured behind the neck and across the back, leaving the arms, shoulders, upperback, and often the midriff bare. |
| 5. | to put a halter on; restrain as by a halter. |
| 6. | to hang (a person). |
| 7. | (of a garment) having a neckline consisting of a cord, strap, band, or the like that is attached to or forms part of the front of a backless and sleeveless bodice and extends around the neck: a halter dress. |
[hal-ter] [hal-teer-eez] . | one of a pair of slender, club-shaped appendages on the hindmost body segment of a fly, serving to maintain its balance in flight. |
[hawlt] | 1. | to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble. |
| 2. | to be in doubt; waver between alternatives; vacillate. |
| 3. | Archaic. to be lame; walk lamely; limp. |
| 4. | Archaic. lame; limping. |
| 5. | Archaic. lameness; a limp. |
| 6. | (used with a plural verb) lame people, esp. severely lamed ones (usually prec. by the): the halt and the blind. |
| hal·ter 1 (hôl'tər) n.
[Middle English, from Old English hælftre.] |
| hal·ter 2 (hôl'tər, hāl'-) n. pl. hal·ter·es (-tîr'ēz) Either of the small, clublike balancing organs that are the rudimentary hind wings of flies and other dipterous insects. Also called balancer. [Latin haltēr, lead weights used in leaping exercises, from sing. of Greek haltēres, from hallesthai, to jump; see sel- in Indo-European roots.] |
