halse

There are several settlements named Halse:Halse is a village near Banbury in Northamptonshire, England.Halse is a village near Taunton in Somerset, England.
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n. neck, part of a body; cut of meat which comes from the neck of an animal; long opening in the top of a bottle; throat, part of the body located inside the neck

(v. t.)
To haul; to hoist.
  

(v. t.)
To embrace about the neck; to salute; to greet.
  

(v. t.)
To adjure; to beseech; to entreat.
  

JIBE, TO To change the sailing direction by turning the stern through the wind.

m neck