hals
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (1)
- Dutch portrait and genre painter who endowed his portraits with vitality and humor (1580?-1666)Synonyms: HalsFrans Hals
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Hals \Hals\ (h[add]ls), n. [AS. heals; akin to D., G., & Goth. hals. See Collar.] The neck or throat. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Do me hangen by the hals. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]