Halt | Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Halt, v. i.

verbintransitive

[imp. & p. p. HALTED; p. pr. & vb. n. HALTING.] [A-S. healtian, to limp, Dan. halte, Sw. halla, Icel. helta; Ger. halten, to hold, to stop, Dan. holde, Icel. halda, A-S. healdan, Sw. hälla. See infra.]

To hold one's self from proceeding; to hold up; to stop in walking or marching; to stop for a longer or shorter period on a march.
To stop with lameness; to be lame; to limp.
To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; to hesitate.

How long halt ye between two opinions? 1 Kings xviii. 21. 4. To have an irregular rhythm. The blank verse shall halt for it. Shak.

Hălt, v. t.

verbtransitive

(Mil.) To cause to cease marching; to stop; as, the general halted his troops for refreshment. Washington.

Halt, a.

adjective

a. [A-S. healt, heolt, O. Sax., Dan., & Sw. halt, Icel. haltr, haltr, Goth. halts, O. H. Ger. hals.] Halting or stopping in walking; lame.

Bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. Luke xiv. 21.

Halt, n.

noun

n. 1. A stop in marching; a stopping; as, the troops made a halt at the bridge. 2. The act of limping; lameness.