Defn: To form, or surround with, a halo; to encircle with, or as
with, a halo.
The fire That haloed round his saintly brow. Sothey.
HALOED
Ha"loed, a.
Defn: Surrounded with a halo; invested with an ideal glory;
glorified.
Some haloed face bending over me. C. Bronté.
HALOGEN Hal"o*gen, n. Etym: [Gr. "a`ls, "alo`s, salt + -gen: cf. F. halogène.] (Chem.)
Defn: An electro-negative element or radical, which, by combination with a metal, forms a haloid salt; especially, chlorine, bromine, and iodine; sometimes, also, fluorine and cyanogen. See Chlorine family, under Chlorine.
HALOGENOUS
Ha*log"e*nous, a.
Defn: Of the nature of a halogen.
HALOID
Ha"loid ( or ), a. Etym: [Gr. "a`ls, "alo`s salt + -oid: cf. F. cal.]
(Chem.)
Defn: Resembling salt; — said of certain binary compounds consisting of a metal united to a negative element or radical, and now chiefly applied to the chlorides, bromides, iodides, and sometimes also to the fluorides and cyanides. — n.
Defn: A haloid substance.