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HALBERDIER n.
One who is armed with a halberd. Strype.
HALCYON n. 3 definitions
her. By modern ornithologists restricted to a genus including a limited number of species having omnivorous habits, as the sacred kingfisher (Halcyon sancta) of Australia. Amidst our arms as quiet you shall be As halcyons brooding on a winter sea. Dryden.
HALCYONIAN a.
Halcyon; calm.
HALCYONOID a.
See Alcyonoid.
HALE a. 4 definitions
Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; as, a hale body. Last year we thought him strong and hale. Swift.
HALESIA n.
ican shrubs containing several species, called snowdrop trees, or silver-bell trees. They have showy, white flowers, drooping on slender pedicels.
HALF a. 6 definitions
Consisting of a moiety, or half; as, a half bushel; a half hour; a half dollar; a half view.
HALF BLOOD n. 3 definitions
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.
HALF NELSON n.
one arm is thrust under the corresponding arm of the opponent, generally behind, and the hand placed upon the back of his neck. In the full nelson both hands are so placed.
HALF SEAS OVER n.
Half drunk. [Slang: used only predicatively.] Spectator.
HALF TONE; HALF-TONE n. 3 definitions
A half-tone photo-engraving.
HALF-AND-HALF n.
A mixture of two malt liquors, esp. porter and ale, in about equal parts. Dickens.
HALF-BLOODED a. 2 definitions
Proceeding from a male and female of different breeds or races; having only one parent of good stock; as, a half-blooded sheep.
HALF-BOOT n.
A boot with a short top covering only the ankle. See Cocker, and Congress boot, under Congress.
HALF-BOUND n.
Having only the back and corners in leather, as a book.
HALF-BRED a. 2 definitions
Half-blooded. [Obs.]
HALF-BREED a. 2 definitions
Half-blooded.
HALF-BROTHER n.
A brother by one parent, but not by both.
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 a.
Half-filled. [Obs.] Lions' half-clammed entrails roar food. Marston.
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