The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hals \Hals\ (h[add]ls), n. [AS. heals; akin to D., G., & Goth.
   hals. See Collar.]
   The neck or throat. [Obs.]
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         Do me hangen by the hals.                --Chaucer.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Hals
    n 1: Dutch portrait and genre painter who endowed his portraits
         with vitality and humor (1580?-1666) [syn: Hals, Frans
         Hals]