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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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643 words match “HALF”

HALF-HEARD a.
Imperfectly or partly heard to the end. And leave half-heard the melancholy tale. Pope.
HALF-HEARTED a. 2 definitions
Wanting in heart or spirit; ungenerous; unkind. B. Jonson.
HALF-HOURLY a.
Done or happening at intervals of half an hour.
HALF-LEARNED a.
Imperfectly learned.
HALF-LENGTH a.
Of half the whole or ordinary length, as a picture.
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 n. 4 definitions
The moon at the quarters, when half its disk appears illuminated.
HALF-PENNY n.
An English coin of the value of half a penny; also, the value of half a penny.
HALF-PIKE n.
A short pike, sometimes carried by officers of infantry, sometimes used in boarding ships; a spontoon. Tatler.
HALF-PORT n.
One half of a shutter made in two parts for closing a porthole.
HALF-RAY n.
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 a.
Informed by insufficient reading; superficial; shallow. Dryden.
HALF-SIGHTED a.
Seeing imperfectly; having weak discernment. Bacon.
HALF-SISTER n.
A sister by one parent only.
HALF-STRAINED a.
Half-bred; imperfect. [R.] "A half-strained villain." Dryden.
HALF-SWORD n.
Half the length of a sword; close fight. "At half-sword." Shak.
HALF-TIMBERED a.
Constructed of a timber frame, having the spaces filled in with masonry; -- said of buildings.
HALF-TONE a. 2 definitions
Having, consisting of, or pertaining to, half tones; specif. (Photo-engraving),
HALF-TONGUE n.
A jury, for the trial of a fore foreigner, composed equally of citizens and aliens.
HALF-WIT n.
A foolish; a dolt; a blockhead; a dunce. Dryden.
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