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643 words match “HALF”

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.
A hold in which 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
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.
n 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.
HALF-CRACKED a.
Half-demented; half-witted. [Colloq.]
HALF-DECK n. 2 definitions
See Half deck, under Deck.
HALF-DECKED a.
Partially decked. The half-decked craft . . . used by the latter Vikings. Elton.
HALF-FACED a.
Showing only part of the face; wretched looking; meager. Shak.
HALF-FISH n.
A salmon in its fifth year of growth. [Prov. Eng.]
HALF-HATCHED a.
Imperfectly hatched; as, half-hatched eggs. Gay.
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