HALT, HALTING
ADJECTIVES
1894 — DEVALLING ceasing, stopping, halting → Sc.
NOUNS
1871 — DEVALL a pause, cessation, halt → Sc.
VERBS
1689 — CRUSH IN THE EGG to nip in the bud, to halt at an early stage, to thoroughly check something; to prevent
1823 — DEVALL to halt, to stop, to desist, to cease → Sc., N. Ireland, & Eng. dial.
1856 — BACK ONE’S MAINTOPSAIL to slow down in walking; to come to a halt → Amer. nautical sl.
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