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▪ I. halting, vbl. n.1|ˈhɔːltɪŋ|
[f. halt v.1 + -ing1.]
The action of limping or walking lamely.
c1440Promp. Parv. 224/2 Haltynge, claudicacio. 1581G. Pettie Guazzo's Civ. Conv. iii. (1586) 147 b, And when he shall walke upright by himselfe, he may boldlie take uppe others for haultinge. 1672Sir T. Browne Lett. Friend xiii. (1881) 136 Whether lameness and halting do still encrease among the inhabitants.
b. transf. and fig. (See halt v.1 4, 5.)
c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode iii. xxx. (1869) 152 Ther is noon haltinge so foul as lyinge. 1589R. Harvey Pl. Perc. 7, I would the woorst were curbd with a checkthong, as bigge as a towpenny halter, for halting with a Queene so good and gratious. 1627Sanderson Serm. I. 269 Without hollowness, halting, and hypocrisie. a1680Glanvill Serm. v. (R.), They lay in wait for our haltings. 1851Helps Comp. Solit. vi, A wonderful halting in their logic.
▪ II. ˈhalting, vbl. n.2
[f. halt v.2]
The action of making a halt; stopping; chiefly attrib. At or on which a halt is made, as halting ground, halting morning, halting point. (See also halting-place.)
1759Robertson Hist. Scot. I. v. 347 After halting three hours, she set out for Hamilton. c1813Mrs. Sherwood Stories Ch. Catech. xxiv. 249 Halting Morning, the morning when there is no parade. 1856Kane Arct. Expl. II. x. 110 When they reached any of the halting-huts. 1869E. A. Parkes Pract. Hygiene (ed. 3) 62 When halting ground is reached, it may be necessary to filter the water.
▪ III. ˈhalting, ppl. a.
[f. halt v.1]
1. That halts; limping, lame.
1382Wyclif Micah iv. 6, I schal gedere the haltinge. 1483Cath. Angl. 172/2 Haltande, claudicans. 1564–78W. Bullein Dial. agst. Pest. (1888) 81 Better is an haltyng man whiche kepeth the right waie than the swift runner..that wandereth a straie. 1849M. Arnold Sonn. to Friend 6 That halting slave, who in Nicopolis Taught Arrian.
2. fig. Maimed; defective, imperfect, faulty.
1533Frith Another Bk. agst. Rastell (1829) 228 That halting verse shall run merrily..upon his right feet. 1611Bible Transl. Pref. 7 If anything be halting, or superfluous, or not so agreeable to the originall, the same may bee corrected. 1877L. Morris Epic Hades iii. 248 How to reach with halting words That infinite perfection.
3. Hesitating, wavering, shifting.
1585Abp. Sandys Serm. (1841) 273 Their halting hearts..their friendly words and malicious deeds. 1875Stubbs Const. Hist. II. xvii. 601 The weak and halting policy of Edward II. 1878B. Taylor Deukalion ii. ii. 60 An easy way Between two worlds to suit the halting crowd.
Hence ˈhaltingly adv., in a halting manner; limpingly, lamely (lit. and fig.). ˈhaltingness, defectiveness, imperfection, faultiness.
1580Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Boistement, haltingly. a1603T. Cartwright Confut. Rhem. N.T. (1618) 341 Him that walketh in the way, although it be haltingly. 1881C. Rossetti Pageant, etc. 169 This Life is full..Of haltingness and baffled shortcoming. |