Hēm′i-stĭch, n.

(hēm′i-stĭk) (Synop., § 130), n. [Fr. hémistiche, Lat. hemistichium, Gr. ἡμιστίχιον, from ἡμι, half, and στίχος, row, line, verse, from στείχειν, to go up, to go in line or order.] Half a poetic verse, or a verse not completed.