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Half Saxon; -- specifically applied to the language intermediate between Saxon and English, belonging to the period 1150- 1250.

Half acidified.

Partially amplexicaul; embracing the stem half round, as a leaf.

The half of a given, or measuring, angle.

Half-yearly.

Every half year.

Having the figure of a half circle; forming a semicircle. Grew.

One half of the axis of an

Half barbarous; partially civilized. -- n.

Half barbarous or uncivilized; as, semibarbaric display.

The quality or state of being half barbarous or uncivilized.

Half barbarous.

A note of half the time or duration of the breve; -- now usually called a whole note. It is the longest note in general use.

Half or partially calcareous; as, a semicalcareous plant.

Half calcined; as, semicalcined iron.

Of or pertaining to half of a century, or a period of fifty years; as, a semicentennial commemoration.

A half chorus; a passage to be sung by a selected portion of the voices, as the female voices only, in contrast with the full choir.

The half of a circle; the part of a circle bounded by its diameter and half of its circumference.

Having the form of half of a circle. Addison. Semicircular canals (Anat.), certain canals of the inner ear. See under Ear.

A half column; a column bisected longitudinally, or along its axis.