Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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