Halt /(ha̤lt)/

1. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contraction for holdeth. [Obs.]

1. A stop in marching or walking, or in any action; arrest of progress.

   Without any halt they marched.

   [Lovers] soon in passion's war contest, Yet in their march soon make a halt.

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.
2. To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; to hesitate; to be uncertain.

   How long halt ye between two opinions?

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

1. Halting or stopping in walking; lame.

   Bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.

1. The act of limping; lameness.

1. To walk lamely; to limp.
2. To have an irregular rhythm; to be defective.

   The blank verse shall halt for it.