Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Half-bound

Half″–bound′ (–bound′), n. Having only the back and corners in leather, as a book.

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Half-bred

Half″–bred′ (–brĕd′), a. 1. Half-blooded.2. Imperfectly acquainted with the rules of good-breeding; not well trained. Atterbury.

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Half-breed

Half″–breed′ (–brēd′), a. Half-blooded.

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Half-breed (2)

Half″–breed′, n. A person who is half-blooded; the offspring of parents of different races, especially of the American Indian and the white race.

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Half-brother

Half″–broth′er (–brŭth′ẽr), n. A brother by one parent, but not by both.

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Half-caste

Half″–caste′ (–kȧst), n. One born of a European parent on the one side, and of a Hindoo or Mohammedan on the other. Also adjective; as, half-caste parents.

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Half-clammed

Half″–clammed′ (–klămd′), a. Half-filled.Lions' half-clammed entrails roar for food. Marston.

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Half-cracked

Half″–cracked′ (–krăkt′), a. Half-demented; half-witted.

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Half-deck

Half″–deck′ (–dĕk′), n. 1. (Zoöl.) A shell of the genus Crepidula; a boat shell. See Boat shell.2. See Half deck, under Deck.

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Half-decked

Half″–decked′ (–dĕkt), a. Partially decked.The half-decked craft... used by the latter Vikings. Elton.

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Half-faced

Half″–faced′ (–fāst′), a. Showing only part of the face; wretched looking; meager. Shak.

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Half-fish

Half″–fish′ (–fĭsh′), n.(Zoöl.) A salmon in its fifth year of growth.

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Half-hatched

Half″–hatched′ (–hăcht′), a. Imperfectly hatched; as, half-hatched eggs. Gay.

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Half-heard

Half″–heard′ (–hẽrd′), a. Imperfectly or partly heard; not heard to the end.And leave half-heard the melancholy tale. Pope.

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Half-hearted

Half″–heart′ed (–härt′ĕd), a. 1. Wanting in heart or spirit; ungenerous; unkind. B. Jonson.2. Lacking zeal or courage; lukewarm. H. James.

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Half-hourly

Half″–hour′ly (–our′ly̆), a. Done or happening at intervals of half an hour.

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Half-learned

Half″–learned′ (häf″lẽrnd′), a. Imperfectly learned.

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Half-length

Half″–length′ (–lĕngth′), a. Of half the whole or ordinary length, as a picture.

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Half-mast

Half″–mast′ (–mȧst′), n. A point some distance below the top of a mast or staff; as, a flag a half-mast (a token of mourning, etc.).

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Half-moon

Half″–moon′ (–mo͞on′), n. 1. The moon at the quarters, when half its disk appears illuminated.2. The shape of a half-moon; a crescent.See how in warlike muster they appear,In rh...

318

Half-penny

Half″–pen‐ny(hā″pĕn‐ny̆ or häf″–; 277),n.;pl.Half-pence (–pens) or Half-pennies(–pĕn‐nĭz). An English coin of the value of half a penny; also, the value of half a penny.

319

Half-pike

Half″–pike′ (häf″pīk′), n.(Mil.) A short pike, sometimes carried by officers of infantry, sometimes used in boarding ships; a spontoon. Tatler.

320

Half-port

Half″–port′ (–pōrt′), n.(Naut.) One half of a shutter made in two parts for closing a porthole.

321

Half-ray

Half″–ray′ (–rā′), n.(Geom.) 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 inde...

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Half-read

Half″–read′ (–rĕd′), a. Informed by insufficient reading; superficial; shallow. Dryden.

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Half-sighted

Half″–sight′ed (–sīt′ĕd), a. Seeing imperfectly; having weak discernment. Bacon.

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Half-sister

Half″–sis′ter (–sĭs′tẽr), n. A sister by one parent only.