Halt \Halt\ (h[add]lt),
   3d pers. sing. pres. of {Hold}, contraction for holdeth.
   [Obs.] --Chaucer.
   
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Halt \Halt\ (h[add]lt), n. [Formerly alt, It. alto, G. halt, fr.
   halten to hold. See {Hold}.]
   A stop in marching or walking, or in any action; arrest of
   progress.
   
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         Without any halt they marched.           --Clarendon.
   
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         [Lovers] soon in passion's war contest,
         Yet in their march soon make a halt.     --Davenant.
   
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Halt \Halt\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Halted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Halting}.]
   1. To hold one's self from proceeding; to hold up; to cease
      progress; to stop for a longer or shorter period; to come
      to a stop; to stand still.
      
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   2. To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; to
      hesitate; to be uncertain.
      
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            How long halt ye between two opinions? --1 Kings
                                                  xviii. 21.
      
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Halt \Halt\ (h[add]lt), v. t. (Mil.)
   To cause to cease marching; to stop; as, the general halted
   his troops for refreshment.
   
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Halt \Halt\, a. [AS. healt; akin to OS., Dan., & Sw. halt, Icel.
   haltr, halltr, Goth. halts, OHG. halz.]
   Halting or stopping in walking; lame.
   
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         Bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt,
         and the blind.                           --Luke xiv.
                                                  21.
   
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Halt \Halt\, n.
   The act of limping; lameness.
   
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Halt \Halt\, v. i. [OE. halten, AS. healtian. See {Halt}, a.]
   
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   1. To walk lamely; to limp.
      
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   2. To have an irregular rhythm; to be defective.
      
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            The blank verse shall halt for it.    --Shak.
      
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