\Halse\, v. t. [AS. healsian.]
1. To embrace about the neck; to salute; to greet. [Obs.]
         Each other kissed glad And lovely halst. --Spenser.
2. To adjure; to beseech; to entreat. [Obs.]
         O dere child, I halse thee, In virtue of the Holy
         Trinity.                              --Chaucer.

\Halse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Halsed} (h?lst); p. pr. &
vb. n. {Halsing}.] [Cf. {Hawser}.]
To haul; to hoist. [Obs.]