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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Hălf'-press', n.p. 602(Print.) The work done by one man at a printing-press.
  2. Hālf'-prīçe, n.p. 602Half the ordinary price; a reduced charge at a theater, &c., for admission late in the evening. Dickens.
  3. Hălf'-rēad, a.p. 602Superficially informed by reading. Dryden.
  4. Hălf'-round, n.p. 602(Arch.) A semicircular molding. Gwilt.
  5. Hălf'-schōl'ar, n.p. 602One imperfectly learned. Watts.
  6. Hălf'-sēas-ō'ver, a.p. 602Half-drunk. [Colloq.]
  7. 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.
  8. Hălf'-sight'ed, a.p. 602Seeing imperfectly; having weak discernment. Bacon.
  9. Hălf'-sĭs'ter, n.p. 602A sister by one parent, but not by both.
  10. Hălf'-stĕp, n.p. 602(Mus.) One of the smaller intervals of the diatonic scale; a semitone.
  11. Hālf'-strāined, a.p. 602Half-bred; imperfect. “A half-strained villain.” Dryden.
  12. Hălf'-swōrd, n.p. 602Fight within half the length of a sword; close fight. Shak.
  13. Hălf'-te-rēte, a.p. 603(Bot.) Terete, but flattened on one side. Henslow.
  14. Hālf'-tīde, n.p. 603The time or state of the tide equally distant from ebb and flood.
  15. Hălf'-tĭnt, n.p. 603(Fine Arts.) A middle or intermediate tint. See TINT.
  16. Hālf-tŏngue', n.p. 603(O. Law.) A jury half the members of which were natives or denizens, and the other half aliens; a party jury.
  17. Hālf'-wāy, adv.p. 603In the middle; at half the distance; imperfectly; partially. “Temples proud to meet their gods half-way.” Young.
  18. Hālf'-wāy, a.p. 603Equally distant from the extremes; as, a half-way house.
  19. Hălf'-wĭt, n.p. 603A foolish person; a dolt; a blockhead; a dunce. Dryden.
  20. Hälf'-wĭt'ted, a.p. 603Weak in intellect; silly; foolish.
  21. Hälf'-yēar, n.p. 603The space of six months.
  22. Hälf'-yēar'ly, a.p. 603Two in a year; semi-annual.
  23. Hälf'-yēar'ly, adv.p. 603Twice in a year; semi-annually.
  24. Hal'i-but, n.p. 603(Ichth.) A large sea-fish (Hippoglossus vulgaris), of the flat-fish kind, having a dark back and a white belly. It often attains to a very large size, weighing 400 or more pounds, and is used for…
  25. Hăl'i-cōre, n.p. 603The same as DUGONG. See DUGONG.
  26. Hāl'i-dōm, n.p. 603Holiness; sacred oath; sanctuary;—used chiefly in oaths. [Obs.] Spenser.
  27. Hāl'/i-eū'tics, n. sing.p. 603A treatise upon fish or the art of fishing; ichthyology. [See Note under MATHEMATICS.]
  28. Hāl'i-mās, n.p. 603The feast of All Souls; Hallowmas.
  29. Hā'li-ōg'ra-pher, n.p. 603One who describes the sea.
  30. Hā'li-ŏg'ra-phy, n.p. 603A description of the sea.
  31. Hā'li-ō'tis, n.p. 603(Conch.) A genus of gasteropods having shells resembling in form the human ear; the sea-ear.
  32. Hā'li-o-toid, a.p. 603(Zoöl.) Resembling the ear in form; ear-shaped.
  33. Ha-lĭt'ū-ōus, a.p. 603Like breath; vaporous. [Obs.] Boyle.
  34. Hā'lĭ-tūs, n.p. 603(Physiol.) The watery vapor arising from newly-drawn blood. Brande.
  35. Hall, n.p. 603A covered edifice or room, usually of stately dimensions, devoted to public business or domestic convenience; especially, (a.) A room or passage-way at the entrance of a house or suite of chambers.…
  36. Hall'aġe, n.p. 603Toll paid for goods sold in a hall.
  37. Hăl'le-lū'iah or Hăl'le-lū'jah, n. & interj.p. 603Praise ye Jehovah; give praise to God;—an exclamation used chiefly in songs of praise to God, and as a term of rejoicing in thanksgiving to God. And the empyrean rung with Hallelujahs. Milton.
  38. Hăl'le-lu-jăt'ic, a.p. 603Pertaining to, or containing, hallelujahs. [Obs.]
  39. Hăl'liard, n.p. 603See HALYARD.
  40. Hăl'li-dōme, n.p. 603The same as HALIDOM. Spenser.
  41. Hăl'li-er, n.p. 603A kind of net for catching birds.
  42. Hall'-märk, n.p. 603The official stamp of the Goldsmiths' Company and other assay offices affixed to gold and silver articles, as showing their purity. [Eng.] Simmonds.
  43. Hal-loo', v. i.p. 603To cry out; to exclaim with a loud voice; to call to by name, or by the word halloo. Country folks hallooed and hooted after me. Sidney.
  44. Hal-lōō', v. t.p. 603To encourage with shouts. Old John halloos his hounds again. Prior. 2. To chase with shouts. “If I fly . . . halloo me like a hare.” Shak. 3. To call or shout to; to hail. Shak.
  45. Hal-lōō', n.p. 603An exclamation, used as a call to invite attention; a shout; a call. Some far off halloo breaks the silent air. Milton.
  46. Hal-lōō', interj.p. 603Ho, there! ho! — an exclamation to call attention or to encourage one.
  47. Hăl'lōw, v. t.p. 603To make holy; to set apart for holy or religious use; to consecrate; to treat as sacred; to reverence. “His secret altar touched with hallowed fire.” Milton. Hallowed be thy name. Matt. vi. 9.
  48. Hăl'/lōw-een', n.p. 603The evening preceding All Hallows or All Saints' day. [Scot.] Jamieson.
  49. Hăl'lōw-mās, n.p. 603The feast of All Souls, All Saints, or All Hallows. “To speak puling, like a beggar at hallowmas.” Shak.
  50. Hal-lū'çi-nāte, v. i.p. 603To stumble or blunder. [Obs.] Byrom.
  51. Hal-lū'çi-nā'tion, n.p. 603The act of hallucinating; error; delusion; mistake. Addison. 2. An error or illusion of sensible perception, occasioned by some bodily or organic disorder or affection, as distinguished from a…
  52. Hal-lū'çi-nā'tor, n.p. 603One who acts from mistaken impressions or hallucinations; a blunderer.
  53. Hal-lū'çi-na-to-ry, a.p. 603Partaking of, or tending to produce, hallucination.
  54. Hā'lux, n.p. 603(Anat.) The great toe. Dunglison.
  55. Halm, n.p. 603Straw; haulm. See HAULM.
  56. Hā'lō, n.p. 603A circle of light; especially, the bright ring represented in painting as surrounding the heads of saints and other holy persons; a glory. 2. A luminous circle, usually prismatically colored, round…
  57. Hā'lō, v. t. or i.p. 603To form, or surround with, a halo. The fire That haloed round his saintly brow. Southey.
  58. Hăl'o-ġĕn, n.p. 603(Chem.) A substance which, by combination with a metal, forms a haloid salt.
  59. Ha-lŏg'e-noŭs, a.p. 603(Chem.) Having the nature of a halogen.
  60. Hā'loid, a.p. 603(Chem.) Resembling a salt;—applied to binary compounds, such as chloride of sodium, or common salt, containing chlorine, iodine, and the allied elements.