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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Hāk'ot, n. p. 602A kind of fish. Ainsworth.Hăl'berd, n. p. 602(Mil.) A weapon, consisting of a pole or shaft of wood, a head armed with a steel point, and a cross-piece of steel, flat and pointed at both ends, or with a cutting edge at one end, and a bent point…Hăl'berd-iēr', n. p. 602One who is armed with a halberd. Bacon.Hăl'cy-on, n. p. 602The king-fisher. See KING-FISHER.Hăl'cy-on, a. p. 602Pertaining to, or resembling, the halcyon, which was said to lay her eggs in nests on or near the sea during the calm weather about the winter solstice, which was reckoned about seven days before and…Hăl'cy-ō'ni-an, a. p. 602Halcyon; calm. [Obs.] Sheldon.Hăl'cy-o-noid, a. p. 602See ALCYONOID.Hāle, a. p. 602Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; as, a hale body.Hāle, n. p. 602Welfare. [Obs.] “All heedless of his dearest hale.” Spenser.Hāle or Hale, v. t. p. 602To pull or draw with force; to drag; to haul. See HAUL. “Easier both to freight and to hale ashore.” Milton.Ha-lē'si-ă, n. p. 602(Bot.) A genus of plants, containing several species, called snow-drop trees. H. tetraptera, a native of South Carolina, has clusters of fine white flowers, which droop gracefully, and resemble those…Hălf, n. p. 602One of two equal parts into which any thing may be divided, or considered as divided; — sometimes followed by of. In half, in two; — a vulgarism sometimes used instead of into halves; as, to cut in…Hălf, a. p. 602Consisting of a moiety, or half. Wright.Hälf, v. t. p. 602To halve. [Obs.] See HALVE. Wotton.Half, adv. p. 602In part, or in an equal part or degree. “Half loth and half consenting.” Dryden.Hălf-and-hălf, n. p. 602A mixture of beer or porter and ale. He drank our half-and-half, and sat a-talking very sociably. Dickens.Hălf'-bĭnd'ing, n. p. 602A style of book-binding in which the backs and corners are in leather, and the sides in paper or cloth.Hălf'-blōod, n. p. 602Relation between persons born of the same father or of the same mother, but not of both; as, a brother or sister of the half-blood.Hălf'-blōod'ed, a. p. 602Proceeding from a male and female of different breeds or races; having only one parent of good stock; as, a half-blooded sheep. 2. Hence, degenerate; mean. Shak.Hălf'-bōard'er, n. p. 602One who takes dinner only.Hălf'-bound, a. p. 602Having only the back and corners in leather, as a book.Hălf'-brĕd, a. p. 602Half-blooded; imperfectly acquainted with the rules of good-breeding; not well trained. Alderbury.Hălf'-breed, a. p. 602Half-blooded.Hālf'-breed, n. p. 602A person who is half-blooded; especially, the offspring of Indians and whites.Hālf'-brōth'er, n. p. 602A brother by one parent, but not by both.Hălf'-cā'dence, n. p. 602(Mus.) A cadence on the dominant.Hălf'-căp, n. p. 602A cap not wholly put off; a slight salute with the cap. [Obs.] Shak.Hālf'-cāste, n. p. 602One born of a Hindoo parent on the one side, and of a European on the other.Hālf'-clāmmed, a. p. 602Half-starved. [Obs.] “Lions' half-clammed entrails roar for food.” Marston.Hālf'-cōck, n. p. 602The position of the cock of a gun when retained by the first notch. Booth.Hălf'-cŏck, v. t. p. 602To set the cock off at the first notch.Hālf'-dōz'enth, a. p. 602Next in order after the fifth; sixth. [Colloq.] A gallows prisoner has come up in custody for the half-dozenth time. Dickens.Hălf'en, a. p. 602Wanting half its due qualities. [Obs.] Spenser.Hālf'en-dēal, adv. p. 602Half; by the half part. [Obs.] Spenser.Hălf'er, n. p. 602One who possesses half only. [Obs.] Montagu. 2. A male fallow-deer gelded. Pegge.Hālf'-fāçed, a. p. 602Showing only part of the face. Shak.Hălf'-hătched, a. p. 602Imperfectly hatched; as, half-hatched eggs. Gag.Hālf'-hēard, a. p. 602Imperfectly heard; not heard to the end. And leave half-heard the melancholy tale. Pope.Hălf'-heārt'ed, a. p. 602Wanting in true affection; ungenerous; illiberal; unkind. B. Jonson.Hălf'-hŏl'i-dāy, n. p. 602A half of a day given up to recreation.Hālf'-hour'ly, a. p. 602Done or happening at intervals of half an hour.Hālf'-lĕarned, a. p. 602Imperfectly learned.Hālf'-lēngth, a. p. 602Of half the whole or ordinary length, as a picture.Hālf'-māst, n. p. 602See FLAG.Hālf'-mēas'ūre, n. p. 602An imperfect measure.Hālf'-mōon, n. p. 602The moon at the quarters, when half its disk appears illuminated. 2. Any thing in the shape of a half-moon. 3. (Fort.) An outwork composed of two faces, forming a salient angle, placed just in front…Hălf'-nōte, n. p. 602(Mus.) A minim, in value one half of a semibreve, or whole note, and represented thus:—Hālf'-pārt, n. p. 602One half of a thing: an equal share. Shak.Hālf'-pāy, n. p. 602Half the amount of wages or salary; more commonly, diminished or reduced pay; as, an officer retires on half-pay.Hālf'-pĕn-ny, n. p. 602An English coin of the value of half a penny; also, the value of half a penny.Hālf'-pĕn-ny-worth, n. p. 602The value of a half-penny. See HALF-PENNY.Hālf'-pīke, n. p. 602(Mil.) A short pike; sometimes carried by officers, sometimes used in boarding ships. Tatler.Hālf'-pōrt p. 602m. (Naut.) A shutter made of a piece of deal for the port-hole of a ship, and having a hole for the muzzle of the gun to pass through.Hălf'-press', n. p. 602(Print.) The work done by one man at a printing-press.Hālf'-prīçe, n. p. 602Half the ordinary price; a reduced charge at a theater, &c., for admission late in the evening. Dickens.Hălf'-rēad, a. p. 602Superficially informed by reading. Dryden.Hălf'-round, n. p. 602(Arch.) A semicircular molding. Gwilt.Hălf'-schōl'ar, n. p. 602One imperfectly learned. Watts.Hălf'-sēas-ō'ver, a. p. 602Half-drunk. [Colloq.]Hālf'-shift, n. p. 602A move of the hand, in playing the violin, a little way upward on the neck of the instrument, to produce a high note.