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A. S. _halga_, sanctus.
HALS, HAWSE, _s._
1. The neck; S. _ha.s.s_.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
2. The throat, S.
_Cleland._
3. Any narrow pa.s.sage.
_Douglas._
A. S. Su. G. _hals_, collum.
_To_ ~Hals~, ~Hawse~, _v. a._ To embrace, S. B.
Su. G. Isl. _hals-as_, amplexari.
_Doug._
~Hals~, _s._ Embrace, kiss.
_Dunbar._
~Halsbane~, _s._ Collar-bone, S.
_Ritson._
~Halsfang~, _s._ Pillory.
_Burrow LL._
A. S. id.
HALTAND, HALTYNE, _adj._
1. Haughty.
O. Fr. _haltain_.
_Douglas._
2. Contemptuous.
_Wallace._
~Haltanely~, _adv._ Proudly.
_Douglas._
HALTIR. _Haltir geistis_, perh. beams fastened together.
_Douglas._
Alem. _helte_, compes.
HAMALD, HAM-HALD, HAIM-ALD, _adj._
1. Domestic, S. p.r.o.n. _haimilt_, _haimeil_, _haimeld_.
_Douglas._
2. What is one's own.
_Quon. Att._
3. Denoting the produce of our own country, S.
4. What is made at home; as _haimilt claith_, S.
5. Vernacular, S.
_Ramsay._
Su. G. Isl. _heimil_, proprius; Isl. _heimild_, proprietates.
6. Vulgar, S. B.
_Skinner._
_To_ ~Hamald~, ~Haymhald~, _v. a._ To prove any thing to be one's property, presently possessed or claimed by another.
_Quon. Att._
2. To domesticate, Loth.
Isl. _heimil-a_, domo recipere.
~Hamald~, ~Ham-hald~, _s. Borgh of hamhald_, one who becomes surety, that the goods bought from the seller shall be safely delivered to the purchaser.
_Reg. Maj._
