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In the middle; at half the distance; imperfectly; partially; as, he halfway yielded. Temples proud to meet their gods halfway. Young.

pl. of Half. By halves, by one half at once; halfway; fragmentarily; partially; incompletely. I can not believe by halves; either I have faith, or I have it not. J. H. Newman. To go halves. See under Go.

" A layer, " a shoot partly buried in the ground, and there cut halfway through.

A point halfway between the fess point and the middle base point of an escutcheon; -- called also navel point. See Escutcheon.

Palmate, with the divisions separated but little more than halfway to the common center.

Palmate, with the divisions separated less than halfway to the common center.

Sharply cut about halfway to the middle or base into five segments; as, a quinquefid leaf or corolla.

Cut less than halfway into portions, usually somewhat rounded; five-lobed; as, a quinquelobate leaf or corolla.

e where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode. "Halfway houses and travelers' rests." J. H. Newman. In dust our final rest, and native home. Milton. Ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance which the Lord your God giveth you. Deut. xii. 9.

a. from Trim, v. The Whigs are, essentially, an inefficient, trimming, halfway sort of a party. Jeffrey. Trimming joist (Arch.), a joist into which timber trimmers are framed; a header. See Header. Knight.