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Half ape (Zo\'94l.) , a lemur. -- Half back . (Football) See under 2d Back . -- Half bent , the first notch, for the sear point to enter, in the tumbler of a gunlock; the halfcock notch. -- Half binding , a style of bookbinding in which only the back and corners are in leather. -- Half boarder , one who boards in part; specifically, a scholar at a boarding school who takes dinner only. -- Half-breadth plan (Shipbuilding) , a horizontal plan of the half a vessel, divided lengthwise, showing the lines. -- Half cadence (Mus.) , a cadence on the dominant. -- Half cap , a slight salute with the cap. [Obs.] Shak . -- A half cock , the position of the cock of a gun when retained by the first notch. <-- half cocked: see below, halfcocked: = unprepared, lacking forethought; -- as in go off half cocked --> -- Half hitch , a sailor's knot in a rope; half of a clove hitch. -- Half hose , short stockings; socks. -- Half measure , an imperfect or weak line of action. -- Half note (Mus.) , a minim, one half of a semibreve. -- Half pay , half of the wages or salary; reduced pay; as, an officer on half pay . -- Half price , half the ordinary price; or a price much reduced. -- Half round . (a) (Arch.) A molding of semicircular section. (b) (Mech.) Having one side flat and the other rounded; -- said of a file. -- Half shift (Mus.) , a position of the hand, between the open position and the first shift, in playing on the violin and kindred instruments. See Shift . -- Half step (Mus.) , a semitone; the smallest difference of pitch or interval, used in music. -- Half tide , the time or state of the tide equally distant from ebb and flood. -- Half time , half the ordinary time for work or attendance; as, the half-time system. -- Half tint (Fine Arts) , a middle or intermediate tint, as in drawing or painting. See Demitint . -- Half truth , a statement only partially true, or which gives only a part of the truth. Mrs. Browning . -- Half year , the space of six moths; one term of a school when there are two terms in a year.

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Half <Xpage=665>

Half , adv. In an equal part or degree; in some pa<?/ appro<?/mating a half; partially; imperfectly; as, half -colored, half done, half -hearted, half persuaded, half conscious . " Half loth and half consenting."

Dryden.

Their children spoke half in the speech of Ashdod. Neh. xiii. 24

Half <Xpage=665>

Half (?) , n. ; pl. Halves (#) . [AS. healf . See Half , a. ] 1. Part; side; behalf. [Obs.]

Wyclif.

The four halves of the house. Chaucer.

2. One of two equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided; -- sometimes followed by of ; as, a half of an apple .

Not half his riches known, and yet despised. Milton.

A friendship so complete Portioned in halves between us. Tennyson.

Better half . See under Better . -- In half , in two; an expression sometimes used improperly instead of in &or; into halves ; as, to cut in half . [Colloq.] Dickens . -- In, &or; On , one's half , in one's behalf; on one's part. [Obs.] -- To cry halves , to claim an equal share with another. -- To go halves , to share equally between two.

Half <Xpage=665>

Half , v. t. To halve. [Obs.] See Halve .

Sir H. Wotton.

Half-and-half <Xpage=665>

Half`-and-half" , n. A mixture of two malt liquors, esp. porter and ale, in about equal parts.

Dickens.

Halfbeak <Xpage=665>

Half"beak` (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) Any slender, marine fish of the genus Hemirhamphus , having the upper jaw much shorter than the lower; -- called also balahoo .

Half blood <Xpage=665>

Half" blood` (?) . 1. The relation between persons born of the same father or of the same mother, but not of both; as, a brother or sister of the half blood . See Blood , n. , 2 and 4.

2. A person so related to another.

3. A person whose father and mother are of different races; a half-breed.

&hand; In the 2d and 3d senses usually with a hyphen.

Half-blooded <Xpage=665>

Half"-blood`ed , a. 1. Proceeding from a male and female of different breeds or races; having only one parent of good stock; as, a half-blooded sheep .

2. Degenerate; mean.

Half-boot <Xpage=665>

Half"-boot` (?) , n. A boot with a short top covering only the ankle. See Cocker , and Congress boot , under Congress .

Half-bound <Xpage=665>

Half"-bound` (?) , n. Having only the back and corners in leather, as a book.

Half-bred <Xpage=665>

Half"-bred` (?) , a. 1. Half-blooded. [Obs.]

2. Imperfectly acquainted with the rules of good-breeding; not well trained.

Atterbury.

Half-breed <Xpage=665>

Half"-breed` (?) , a. Half-blooded.

Half-breed <Xpage=665>

Half"-breed` , n. A person who is blooded; the offspring of parents of different races, especially of the American Indian and the white race.

Half-brother <Xpage=665>

Half"-broth`er (?) , n. A brother by one parent, but not by both.

Half-caste <Xpage=665>

Half"-caste` (?) , n. One born of a European parent on the one side, and of a Hindoo or Mohammedan on the other. Also adjective; as, half-caste parents .

Half-clammed <Xpage=665>

Half"-clammed` (?) , a. Half-filled. [Obs.]

Lions' half-clammed entrails roar food. Marston.

Halfcock <Xpage=665>

Half"cock` (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Halfcocked (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Halfcocking .] To set the cock of (a firearm) at the first notch.

To go off halfcocked . (a) To be discharged prematurely, or with the trigger at half cock; -- said of a firearm. (b) To do or say something without due thought or care. [Colloq. or Low] <-- now written half-cocked -->

Half-cracked <Xpage=665>

Half"-cracked` (?) , a. Half-demented; half-witted. [Colloq.]

Half-deck <Xpage=665>

Half"-deck` (?) , n. 1. (Zo\'94l.) A shell of the genus Crepidula ; a boat shell. See Boat shell .

2. See Half deck , under Deck .

Half-decked <Xpage=665>

Half"-decked` (?) , a. Partially decked.

The half-decked craft . . . used by the latter Vikings. Elton.

Halfen <Xpage=665>

Half"en (?) , a. [From Half .] Wanting half its due qualities. [Obs.]

Spencer.

Halfendeal <Xpage=665>

Half"en*deal` (?) , adv. [OE. halfendele . See Half , and Deal .] Half; by the part. [Obs.] Chaucer . -- n. A half part. [Obs.]

R. of Brunne.

Halfer <Xpage=665>

Half"er (?) , n. 1. One who possesses or gives half only; one who shares. [Obs.]

Bp. Montagu.

2. A male fallow deer gelded.

Pegge (1814).

Half-faced <Xpage=665>

Half"-faced` (?) , a. Showing only part of the face; wretched looking; meager.

Shak.

Half-fish <Xpage=665>

Half"-fish` (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) A salmon in its fifth year of growth. [Prov. Eng.]

Half-hatched <Xpage=665>

Half"-hatched` (?) , a. Imperfectly hatched; as, half-hatched eggs .

Gay.

Half-heard <Xpage=665>

Half"-heard` (?) , a. Imperfectly or partly heard to the end.

And leave half-heard the melancholy tale. Pope.

Half-hearted <Xpage=665>

Half"-heart`ed (?) , a. 1. Wanting in heart or spirit; ungenerous; unkind.

B. Jonson.

2. Lacking zeal or courage; lukewarm. <-- (of actions) not performed with full effort -->

H. James.

Half-hourly <Xpage=665>

Half"-hour`ly (?) , a. Done or happening at intervals of half an hour.

Half-learned <Xpage=665>

Half"-learned` (?) , a. Imperfectly learned.

Half-length <Xpage=665>

Half"-length` (?) , a. Of half the whole or ordinary length, as a picture.

Half-mast <Xpage=665>

Half"-mast` (?) , n. A point some distance below the top of a mast or staff; as, a flag a half-mast (a token of mourning, etc .).

Half-moon <Xpage=665>

Half"-moon` , n. 1. The moon at the quarters, when half its disk appears illuminated.

2. The shape of a half-moon; a crescent.

See how in warlike muster they appear, In rhombs, and wedges, and half-moons , and wings. Milton.

3. (Fort.) An outwork composed of two faces, forming a salient angle whose gorge resembles a half-moon; -- now called a ravelin .

4. (Zo\'94l.) A marine, sparoid, food fish of California ( C\'91siosoma Californiense ). The body is ovate, blackish above, blue or gray below. Called also medialuna .

Halfness <Xpage=665>

Half"ness (?) , n. The quality of being half; incompleteness. [R.]

As soon as there is any departure from simplicity, and attempt at halfness , or good for me that is not good for him, my neighbor feels the wrong. Emerson.

Halfpace <Xpage=665>

Half"pace` (?) , n. (Arch.) A platform of a staircase where the stair turns back in exactly the reverse direction of the lower flight. See Quarterpace .

&hand; This term and quartepace are rare or unknown in the United States, platform or landing being used instead.

Half-pike <Xpage=665>

Half"-pike` (?) , n. (Mil.) A short pike, sometimes carried by officers of infantry, sometimes used in boarding ships; a spontoon.

Tatler.

Half-port <Xpage=665>

Half"-port` (?) , n. (Naut.) One half of a shutter made in two parts for closing a porthole.

Half-ray <Xpage=665>

Half"-ray` (?) , n. (Geom.) A straight line considered as drawn from a center to an indefinite distance in one direction, the complete ray being the whole line drawn to an indefinite distance in both directions.

Half-read <Xpage=665>

Half"-read` (?) , a. Informed by insufficient reading; superficial; shallow.

Dryden.

Half seas over <Xpage=665>

Half" seas` o`ver (?) . Half drunk. [Slang: used only predicatively.]

Spectator.

Half-sighted <Xpage=665>

Half"-sight`ed (?) , a. Seeing imperfectly; having weak discernment.

Bacon.

Half-sister <Xpage=665>

Half"-sis`ter (?) , n. A sister by one parent only.

Half-strained <Xpage=665>

Half"-strained` (?) , a. Half-bred; imperfect. [R.] "A half-strained villain."

Dryden.

Half-sword <Xpage=665>

Half"-sword` (?) , n. Half the length of a sword; close fight. "At half-sword ."

Shak.

Half-timbered <Xpage=665>

Half"-tim`bered (?) , a. (Arch.) Constructed of a timber frame, having the spaces filled in with masonry; -- said of buildings.

Half-tounue <Xpage=665>

Half"-tounue` (?) , n. (O. Law) A jury, for the trial of a fore foreigner, composed equally of citizens and aliens.

Halfway <Xpage=665>

Half"way` (?) , adv. In the middle; at half the distance; imperfectly; partially; as, he halfway yielded .

Temples proud to meet their gods halfway . Young.

Halfway <Xpage=665>

Half"way` , a. Equally distant from the extremes; situated at an intermediate point; midway.

Halfway covenant , a practice among the Congregational churches of New England, between 1657 and 1662, of permitting baptized persons of moral life and orthodox faith to enjoy all the privileges of church membership, save the partaking of the Lord's Supper. They were also allowed to present their children for baptism. -- Halfway house , an inn or place of call midway on a journey.

Half-wit <Xpage=665>

Half"-wit` (?) , n. A foolish; a dolt; a blockhead; a dunce.

Dryden.

Half-witted <Xpage=665>

Half"-wit`ted (?) , a. Weak in intellect; silly.

Half-yearly <Xpage=665>

Half"-year`ly (?) , a. Two in a year; semiannual. -- adv . Twice in a year; semiannually.

Halibut <Xpage=665>

Hal"i*but (?;277) , n. [OE. hali holy + but , butte , flounder; akin to D. bot , G. butte ; cf. D. heilbot , G. heilbutt . So named as being eaten on holidays. See Holy , Holiday .] (Zo\'94l.) A large, northern, marine flatfish ( Hippoglossus vulgaris ), of the family Pleuronectid\'91 . It often grows very large, weighing more than three hundred pounds. It is an important food fish. [Written also holibut .]

Halichondri\'91 <Xpage=665>

Hal`i*chon"dri*\'91 (?) , n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/, <?/, sea + <?/ cartilage.] (Zo\'94l.) An order of sponges, having simple siliceous spicules and keratose fibers; -- called also Keratosilicoidea .

Halicore <Xpage=665>

Hal"i*core (?; L.?) , n. [NL., fr. Gr.<?/ sea + <?/ maiden.] Same as Dugong .

Halidom <Xpage=665>

Hal"i*dom (?) , n. [AS. h\'beligd<?/m holiness, sacrament, sanctuary, relics; h\'belig holy + -d<?/m , E. -dom . See Holy .] 1. Holiness; sanctity; sacred oath; sacred things; sanctuary; -- used chiefly in oaths. [Archaic]

So God me help and halidom . Piers Plowman.

By my halidom , I was fast asleep. Shak.

2. Holy doom; the Last Day. [R.]

Shipley.

Halieutics <Xpage=665>

Hal`i*eu"tics (?) , n. [L. halieuticus pertaining to fishing, Gr. <?/.] A treatise upon fish or the art of fishing; ichthyology.

Halmas <Xpage=665>

Hal"mas (?) , a. [See Hallowmas .] The feast of All Saints; Hallowmas. [Obs.]

Haliographer <Xpage=665>

Ha`li*og"ra*pher (? or ?) , n. One who writes about or describes the sea.

Haliography <Xpage=665>

Ha`li*og"ra*phy (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ the sea + -graphy .] Description of the sea; the science that treats of the sea.

Haliotis <Xpage=665>

Ha`li*o"tis (? or ?) , n. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/ sea + <?/, <?/, ear.] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of marine shells; the ear-shells. See Abalone .

Haliotoid <Xpage=665>

Ha"li*o*toid` (? or ?) , a. [ Haliots + -oid .] (Zo\'94l.) Like or pertaining to the genus Haliotis ; ear-shaped.

Halisauria <Xpage=665>

Hal`i*sau"ri*a (?) , n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr.<?/, <?/, sea + <?/.] (Paleon.) The Enaliosauria.

Halite <Xpage=665>

Ha"lite (? or ?) , n. [Gr. <?/ salt.] (Min.) Native salt; sodium chloride.

Halituous <Xpage=665>

Ha*lit"u*ous (?; 135) , a. [L. halitus breath, vapor, fr. halare to breathe: cf. F. halitueux .] Produced by, or like, breath; vaporous.

Boyle.

Halk <Xpage=665>

Halk (?) , n. A nook; a corner. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Hall <Xpage=665>

Hall (?) , n. [OE. halle , hal , AS. heal , heall ; akin to D. hal , OS. & OHG. halla , G. halle , Icel. h\'94lt , and prob. from a root meaning, to hide, conceal, cover. See Hell , Helmet .] 1. A building or room of considerable size and stateliness, used for public purposes; as, Westminster Hall , in London .

2. (a) The chief room in a castle or manor house, and in early times the only public room, serving as the place of gathering for the lord's family with the retainers and servants, also for cooking and eating. It was often contrasted with the bower , which was the private or sleeping apartment.

Full sooty was her bower and eke her hall . Chaucer.

Hence, as the entrance from outside was directly into the hall: (b) A vestibule, entrance room, etc., in the more elaborated buildings of later times. Hence: (c) Any corridor or passage in a building .

3. A name given to many manor houses because the magistrate's court was held in the hall of his mansion; a chief mansion house.

Cowell.

4. A college in an English university (at Oxford, an unendowed college).

5. The apartment in which English university students dine in common; hence, the dinner itself; as, hall is at six o'clock .

6. Cleared passageway in a crowd; -- formerly an exclamation. [Obs.] "A hall ! a hall !"

B. Jonson.

Syn. -- Entry; court; passage. See Vestibule .

Hallage <Xpage=665>

Hall"age (?; 48) , n. (O. Eng. Law) A fee or toll paid for goods sold in a hall.

Halleluiah, Hallelujah <Xpage=665>

Hal`le*lu"iah , Hal`le*lu"jah (?) , n. & interj. [Heb. See Alleluia .] Praise ye Jehovah; praise ye the Lord; -- an exclamation used chiefly in songs of praise or thanksgiving to God, and as an expression of gratitude or adoration.

Rev. xix. 1 (Rev. Ver. )

So sung they, and the empyrean rung With Hallelujahs . Milton.

In those days, as St. Jerome tells us,"any one as he walked in the fields, might hear the plowman at his hallelujahs ." Sharp.

Hallelujatic <Xpage=665>

Hal`le*lu*jat"ic (?) , a. Pertaining to, or containing, hallelujahs. [R.]

Halliard <Xpage=665>

Hal"liard (?) , n. See Halyard .

Hallidome <Xpage=665>

Hal"li*dome (?) , n. Same as Halidom .

Hallier <Xpage=665>

Hal"li*er (? or ?) , n. [From Hale to pull.] A kind of net for catching birds.

Hall-mark <Xpage=665>

Hall"-mark` (?) , n. The official stamp of the Goldsmiths' Company and other assay offices, in the United Kingdom, on gold and silver articles, attesting their purity. Also used figuratively; -- as, a word or phrase lacks the hall-mark of the best writers.

Halloa <Xpage=665>

Hal*loa" (?) . See Halloo .

Halloo <Xpage=665>

Hal*loo" (?) , n. [Perh. fr. ah + lo ; cf. AS. eal\'be , G. halloh , F. haler to set (a dog) on. Cf. Hollo , interj .] A loud exclamation; a call to invite attention or to incite a person or an animal; a shout.

List! List! I hear Some far off halloo break the silent air. Milton.

Halloo <Xpage=665>

Hal*loo" , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Hallooed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Halloing .] To cry out; to exclaim with a loud voice; to call to a person, as by the word halloo .