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halt

2  [hawlt]
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–verb (used without object)
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.
–adjective
4. Archaic. lame; limping.
–noun
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.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE healt; c. OHG halz, ON haltr, Goth halts, akin to L clādēs damage, loss

Related forms:
haltless, adjective
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Word Origin & History

halt  (n.)
"stop," 1622, from Fr. halte or It. alto, ult. from Ger. Halt, imperative from O.H.G. halten "to hold" (see hold). A Ger. militaryommand borrowed into the Romance languages 16c.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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