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Definition of Halsers

1. halser [n] - See also: halser

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Halsers

halo blight halo blight halo cast halo current halo effect halo melanoma halo nevus halo sign halo sign of hydrops halo spot

halo traction halo vision halse halsed halser halsers (current term) halses halsing Halsted's law Halsted's operation

Halsted's suture halt halted halter halter halterbreak halterbreaking halterbreaks halterbroke halterbroken

Literary usage of Halsers

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1. The Works of Virgil by Virgil (1891)
"He said, and snatches his keen flashing sword from the sheath, and cuts the halsers with the drawn steel. The same eagerness at once seizes them all: they ..."

2. The Works of Virgil by Virgil, John Dryden, John Carey, Knightly Chetwood (1803)
"No halsers need to bind the vessels here, Nor bearded anchors; for no storms they fear ... halsers ..."

3. The History of Rome by Livy (1888)
"their own men, and by cutting away their halsers and anchors that they might not lose time in weighing them. Many, too, met with a miserable death while ..."

4. A Personal Narrative of the Discovery of the North-west Passage: With by Alexander Armstrong (1857)
"Early on the morning of Sunday the 20th, 1 AM, the towing halsers were carried away, and we were again fairly adrift. We fired rockets and hoisted lights, ..."

5. A Personal Narrative of the Discovery of the North-west Passgae: With by Alexander Armstrong (1857)
"Early on the morning of Sunday the 20th, 1 AM, the towing halsers were carried away, and we were again fairly adrift. We fired rockets and hoisted lights, ..."

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