Half (häf), n.; pl.Halves (hävz). [AS. healf. See Half, a.] 1. Part; side; behalf. Wyclif.
The four halves of the house. Chaucer.
2. One of two equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided; — sometimes followed by of; as, a half of an apple.
Not half his riches known, and yet despised. Milton.
A friendship so complete
Portioned in halves between us. Tennyson.
Better half. See under Better. — In half, in two; an expression sometimes used improperly instead of in or into halves; as, to cut in half. Dickens. — In, or On, one's half, in one's behalf; on one's part. — To cry halves, to claim an equal share with another. — To go halves, to share equally between two.