[hawl-ting] 
| 1. | faltering or hesitating, esp. in speech. |
| 2. | faulty or imperfect. |
| 3. | limping or lame: a halting gait. |
[hawlt] | 1. | to stop; cease moving, operating, etc., either permanently or temporarily: They halted for lunch and strolled about. |
| 2. | to cause to stop temporarily or permanently; bring to a stop: They halted operations during contract negotiations. |
| 3. | a temporary or permanent stop. |
| 4. | (used as a command to stop and stand motionless, as to marching troops or to a fleeing suspect.) |
[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. |
| halt 1 (hôlt) n. A suspension of movement or progress, especially a temporary one: The car rolled to a halt when it stalled. v. halt·ed, halt·ing, halts v. tr. To cause to stop: The government hopes to halt tax fraud. v. intr. To stop; pause: The hikers halted for lunch and some rest. See Synonyms at stop. [German, sing. imperative of halten, to stop, from Middle High German, from Old High German haltan.] |
| halt 2 (hôlt) intr.v. halt·ed, halt·ing, halts
Lame; crippled. [Middle English halten, to limp, from Old English healtian.] |
| halt·ing (hôl'tĭng) adj.
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