Definition of halses Halses
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What does halses mean?
Wiktionary 
- halses (Noun)
Plural of halse.
Wiktionary
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- halse (v. t.)
To embrace about the neck; to salute; to greet. - halse (v. t.)
To adjure; to beseech; to entreat. - halse (v. t.)
To haul; to hoist.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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halse
hawls, v.t. (Spens.) to clasp round the neck, to embrace.—n. (obs.) the neck, throat—(Scot.) Hawse. [A.S. heals, neck; Ger. hals.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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halse
Archaic spelling for hawser.
