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ho had butchered many brave and noble victims, and whose name has, during a century and a half, been vulgarly given to all who have succeeded him in his odious office. Macaulay.

ropean snipe (Limnocryptes gallinula); -- called also judcock, jedcock, juddock, jed, and half snipe.

A half-hardy, deep crimson rose of the remontant class; -- so named after General Jacqueminot, of France.

To bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half her upper sails are laid aback. W. C. Russell.

The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast.

from the figure of King John which it bears;- often contracted into joe; as, a joe, or a half joe.

or work of a day. [Obs.] Chaucer. We have yet large day, for scarce the sun Hath finished half his journey. Milton.

air; to spring; to bound; to leap. Not the worst of the three but jumps twelve foot and a half by the square. Shak.

perpendicular arrangement of flat, single plaits, each plait being folded so as to cover half the breadth of the preceding one.

assy fragment from the rich kissingcrust that hangs like a fretted cornice from the upper half of the loaf. W. Howitt.

ile that thirty seconds do to an hour. The number of knots which run off from the reel in half a minute, therefore, shows the number of miles the vessel sails in an hour. Hence:

nicism; for sometimes I return only yes, or no, to questionary or petitionary epistles of half a yard long. Pope. His sense was strong and his style laconic. Welwood.

One of the half-breed descendants of whites and Indians; a mestizo; -- so called throughout Central America. They are usually of a yellowish orange tinge. Am. Cyc.

The amount by which a slide valve at its half stroke overlaps a port in the seat, being equal to the distance the valve must move from its mid stroke position in order to begin to open the port. Used alone, lap refers to outside lap. See Outside lap (below).

measure of precedence; as, the white horse had the lead; a lead of a boat's length, or of half a second.

A brace and a half; a tierce; three; three creatures of any kind, especially greyhounds, foxes, bucks, and hares; hence, the number three in general. [I] kept my chamber a leash of days. B. Jonson. Then were I wealthier than a leash of kings. Tennyson.

any, to bring and defend actions and suits in its name, and to do all necessary acts on behalf of the company. [Eng.] Mozley & W.

A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve.

o, or tender or passionate affection for, one of the opposite sex. He on his side Leaning half-raised, with looks of cordial love Hung over her enamored. Milton.

A chest of drawers not more than four feet high; -- applied commonly to the lower half of a tallboy from which the upper half has been removed. [U. S.]