Chambers's encyclopædia; a dictionary of universal knowledge . m, Geonim, and the axithorities of eachgeneration. See also MiDEAsn, Mishna, Talmud. HALAS, a toAvn of Hungary, in the district ofLittle Cumauia, is situated on the lake of Halasto,about SO miles south-south-east of Pesth. It has12,750 inhabitants, who are employed chiefly inagriculture and the cultivation of the vine. HALBERD, or HALBERT, a weapon borne, upto the close pf the 18th c, by all sergeants of foot,artillery, and marines, and by companies of halber-diers in the various regiments. It consisted of astrong wooden shaft abou
Chambers's encyclopædia; a dictionary of universal knowledge . m, Geonim, and the axithorities of eachgeneration. See also MiDEAsn, Mishna, Talmud. HALAS, a toAvn of Hungary, in the district ofLittle Cumauia, is situated on the lake of Halasto,about SO miles south-south-east of Pesth. It has12,750 inhabitants, who are employed chiefly inagriculture and the cultivation of the vine. HALBERD, or HALBERT, a weapon borne, upto the close pf the 18th c, by all sergeants of foot,artillery, and marines, and by companies of halber-diers in the various regiments. It consisted of astrong wooden shaft about 6 feet in length, sur-mounted by an instrument much resembling a Ijill-hook, constructed alike for cutting and thrusting,with a cross piece of steel, less sharp, for the pur-pose of pushing; one end of this cross-piece was turned down as a hook, for use in tearing downworks against which an attack is made. The honourof inventing the halberd is contested by the Swissand Danes, but probably each produced somethingresembling it. Its name appears to be derived. Ancient Halbert Heads. from the Teutonic hlld, battle, and liard, axe. Thehalberd appears first in England about the timeof Henry VIII., and maintained its position forupwards of two centuries. Now, it is rarely seenexcept on certain ceremomal occasions. HALBERSTADT, an ancient and qiuet townof Prussian Saxony, in the government of Magde-burg, and 30 miles south-west of the city of thatname, is situated amid fruitful plains on theHolzemme, a tributary of the Saal. It is wellbuilt; its streets are for the most part long, broad,and tolei-ably straight; and among its most notaljlebuildings are the Church of Our Lady (1005—1284),in the Byzantine style, and the cathedral, anelegantly proportioned Gothic edifice, begun in themiddle of the 13th c, and dedicated to St has two good libraries, and numerous collec-tions of paintings, coins, and antiquities, which,together with the Poetical Society (Dichterverein),formed
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