Lexicon: halt – hang

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halt (-s), v. [OE < Germanic, lame.] (webplay: march).

  1. Hesitate; stand in doubt.
  2. Stop; cause to cease.

hame, n. [poss. variant of home; OE hama, covering, garment.]

Collar; harness; restraint.

Hamlet, proper n. [Germanic ham, home, + let.]

Prince of Denmark; tragic protagonist; main character in a tragedy by Shakespeare; man who avenges his father's murder; [see ED's letters.]

hammer (-s), n. [OE hamor < Germanic.]

Mallet; that used to drive in nails or beat metals; instrument with a hard, solid head that is fixed crosswise to a handle.

hammock (-'s), n. [Fr. < Sp. hamaca, of Caribbean origin.]

Hanging bed; hempen cloth gathered at the ends and suspended.

hand (-s), n. [OE < Germanic.] (webplay: arm, at, beauty, between, by, care, carry, changed, Christ, clap, courteous, day, distant, divine, employed, eternal, external, familiar, far, fine, fingers, fitness, follow, feet, foot, friend, God, heart, heavy, hold, holy, idle, innocent, joy, left, lift, light, making, measure, mercies, mind, ministry, mouth, near, off, on, owner, palm, pay, perfection, pointing, power, reach, right, saw, service, shift, side, skill, spirit, strength, take, time, use, violin, within).

  1. Palm and fingers; appendage used to carry an object; end of arm beginning at the wrist including palm and fingers.
  2. Protuberance that extends outward from the body in the likeness of the appendage.
  3. [Fig.] indicators of time on a clock.
  4. [Fig.] person employed to work.
  5. Phrase. "Hand full": amount that can be held in the palm and fingers.
  6. Phrase. "Right hand": [fig.] representative of the partiality of a divine authority; emblematic of the favor of someone in authority.
  7. Phrase. "at hand": near by; close by; not far away.

hand (-ed), v. [see hand, n.] (webplay: father, give).

  1. Give; grant; impart; confer.
  2. Hold; [fig.] reflect.
  3. Phrase. "take by the hand": Seize; deal with.

handle (-ed), v. [OE handlian < Germanic.] (webplay: subject).

  1. Feel; touch; palpate.
  2. Discuss; talk over.
  3. Manage; govern; control.

handsome, adj. [see hand, n. + -some.]

Beautiful; appearing impressive; having a pleasing mien.

hang (-ed, -ing, -s, hung), v. [OE hęngjan.] (webplay: air, curtain, death, head, heavens, high, movable, swing).

  1. Strangle by the force of gravity; suffocate with a noose around the neck until dead.
  2. Dangle; suspend without support from below.
  3. [Fig.] wait; depend.
  4. Phrase. “hang the head”: lower head in shame; bear head in a suspended manner due to fatigue; carry head in an inclined way in response to defeat.