halsening
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English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Verb
[edit]halsening
- present participle and gerund of halsen
Etymology 2
[edit]Adjective
[edit]halsening
- (obsolete) Sounding harshly in the throat; inharmonious; rough.
- 1609, Richard Carew, The Survey of Cornwall. […], new edition, London: […] B. Law, […]; Penzance, Cornwall: J. Hewett, published 1769, →OCLC:
- a foolish conceit of this halsening might the sooner help it onwards
References
[edit]“halsening”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.