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Meaning of HALLIWELL

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. 2. To draw or drag, as along the ground.
             And hung his head, and trailed his legs along.
                                                   --Dryden.
             They shall not trail me through their streets Like a
             wild beast.                           --Milton.
             Long behind he trails his pompous robe. --Pope.
    3. (Mil.) To carry, as a firearm, with the breech near the
       ground and the upper part inclined forward, the piece
       being held by the right hand near the middle.
    4. To tread down, as grass, by walking through it; to lay
       flat. --Longfellow.
    5. To take advantage of the ignorance of; to impose upon.
       [Prov. Eng.]
             I presently perceived she was (what is vernacularly
             termed) trailing Mrs. Dent; that is, playing on her
             ignorance.                            --C. Bronte.
    
 
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