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Halse vs Harse - What's the difference?

halse | harse |

As nouns the difference between halse and harse

is that halse is while harse is .

halse

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) hals, from (etyl) .

Alternative forms

* (l) (Scotland)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (anatomy, archaic) The neck; the throat.
    • Derived terms
    * (l)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) halsen, halchen, from (etyl) *.

    Alternative forms

    * (l) * (l) (dialectal) * (l), (l) (Scotland)

    Verb

    (hals)
  • (label) To fall upon the neck of; embrace.
  • *:
    • soo the Kyng took a lytel hackney and but fewe felauship with him vntyl he came vnto sir Tristrams pauelione / and whanne syre Trystram sawe the Kynge / he ranne vnto hym and wold haue holden his styrope / But the kynge lepte from his hors lyghtly / and eyther halsed other in armes

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) halsen, . More at (l), (l).

    Verb

    (hals)
  • To greet; salute; hail.
  • To beseech; adjure.
    • Related terms
    * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)

    Etymology 4

    From (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)

    • Verb

    (hals)
  • (obsolete) To haul; to hoist.

    • Anagrams

    * * * * * * ----

    harse

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • * {{quote-book, year=, author=Paul Boyton (1848-1914), title=The Story of Paul Boyton, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage="It's no harse Oi have," he solemnly responded, "but Oi've wan av the finest mares in the south av Ireland an Oi'll drive ye over for six shillin'. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1917, author=Various, title=Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, January 10, 1917, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=At the moment the huntsman leps his harse up on the double beside us; he was phlastered with muck from his hair to his boots. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=Edited by James Weldon Johnson, title=The Book of American Negro Poetry, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Sateday, de marnin' break, Soon, soon market-people wake; An' de light shine from de moon While dem boy, wid pantaloon Roll up ober dem knee-pan, 'Tep across de buccra lan' To de pastur whe' de harse Feed along wid de jackass, An' de mule cant' in de track Wid him tail up in him back, All de ketchin' to defy, No ca' how dem boy might try. }}

    Anagrams

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