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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Hälf'-yēar, n. p. 603The space of six months.Hälf'-yēar'ly, a. p. 603Two in a year; semi-annual.Hälf'-yēar'ly, adv. p. 603Twice in a year; semi-annually.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…Hăl'i-cōre, n. p. 603The same as DUGONG. See DUGONG.Hāl'i-dōm, n. p. 603Holiness; sacred oath; sanctuary;—used chiefly in oaths. [Obs.] Spenser.Hāl'/i-eū'tics, n. sing. p. 603A treatise upon fish or the art of fishing; ichthyology. [See Note under MATHEMATICS.]Hāl'i-mās, n. p. 603The feast of All Souls; Hallowmas.Hā'li-ōg'ra-pher, n. p. 603One who describes the sea.Hā'li-ŏg'ra-phy, n. p. 603A description of the sea.Hā'li-ō'tis, n. p. 603(Conch.) A genus of gasteropods having shells resembling in form the human ear; the sea-ear.Hā'li-o-toid, a. p. 603(Zoöl.) Resembling the ear in form; ear-shaped.Ha-lĭt'ū-ōus, a. p. 603Like breath; vaporous. [Obs.] Boyle.Hā'lĭ-tūs, n. p. 603(Physiol.) The watery vapor arising from newly-drawn blood. Brande.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.…Hall'aġe, n. p. 603Toll paid for goods sold in a hall.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.Hăl'le-lu-jăt'ic, a. p. 603Pertaining to, or containing, hallelujahs. [Obs.]Hăl'liard, n. p. 603See HALYARD.Hăl'li-dōme, n. p. 603The same as HALIDOM. Spenser.Hăl'li-er, n. p. 603A kind of net for catching birds.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.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.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.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.Hal-lōō', interj. p. 603Ho, there! ho! — an exclamation to call attention or to encourage one.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.Hăl'/lōw-een', n. p. 603The evening preceding All Hallows or All Saints' day. [Scot.] Jamieson.Hăl'lōw-mās, n. p. 603The feast of All Souls, All Saints, or All Hallows. “To speak puling, like a beggar at hallowmas.” Shak.Hal-lū'çi-nāte, v. i. p. 603To stumble or blunder. [Obs.] Byrom.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…Hal-lū'çi-nā'tor, n. p. 603One who acts from mistaken impressions or hallucinations; a blunderer.Hal-lū'çi-na-to-ry, a. p. 603Partaking of, or tending to produce, hallucination.Hā'lux, n. p. 603(Anat.) The great toe. Dunglison.Halm, n. p. 603Straw; haulm. See HAULM.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…Hā'lō, v. t. or i. p. 603To form, or surround with, a halo. The fire That haloed round his saintly brow. Southey.Hăl'o-ġĕn, n. p. 603(Chem.) A substance which, by combination with a metal, forms a haloid salt.Ha-lŏg'e-noŭs, a. p. 603(Chem.) Having the nature of a halogen.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.Hā'lo-scōpe, n. p. 603An instrument for exhibition, illustration, or explanation of the phenomena of halos, parhelia, and the like.Halse, n. p. 603The neck or throat. [Obs.] Spenser.Halse, v. t. p. 603To embrace about the neck; to salute; to greet. [Obs.] Spenser. 2. To beseech; to adjure. [Obs.] Chaucer.Halse, v. t. p. 603To raise or draw; to hoist. [Obs.] Sir T. More.Hăl'sen-ing, a. p. 603Sounding harshly in the throat; inharmonious. [Obs.] Carew.Hals'er, n. p. 603A large rope of a size between the cable and the tow-line; a hawser. See HAWSEB.Halt, v. i. p. 603To hold one's self from proceeding; to hold up; to stop in walking or marching; to stop for a longer or shorter period on a march. 2. To stop with lameness; to be lame; to limp. 3. To stand in doubt…Hălt, v. t. p. 603(Mil.) To cause to cease marching; to stop; as, the general halted his troops for refreshment. Washington.Halt, a. p. 603Halting or stopping in walking; lame. Bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. Luke xiv. 21.Halt, n. p. 603A stop in marching; a stopping; as, the troops made a halt at the bridge. 2. The act of limping; lameness.Halt'er, n. p. 603One who halts or limps.Hal'ter, n. p. 603A strong strap or cord; especially, (a.) A rope or strap and head-stall for leading or confining a horse. (b.) A rope for hanging malefactors. I shall as soon be strangled with a halter as another.…Hăl'ter, v. t. p. 603To catch and hold, or to bind with a rope, cord, or halter; to put a halter on. “A haltered neck which does the hangman thank.” Shak.Häl'te-rēs, n. pl. p. 603(Entom.) Two movable appendages placed one on each side of the thorax, just back of the wings of two-winged insects, as flies, and the like.Hăl'ter-säck, n. p. 603One doomed to hang upon a halter like a sack. Beau. & Fl.Halt'ing-ly, adv. p. 603In a halting manner.Hālve, v. t. p. 603To divide into two equal parts; as, to halve an apple. 2. To join, as timbers, by letting into each other.Hälved, a. p. 603(Bot.) Appearing as if one side, or one half, were cut away; dimidiate.Hälves, n. p. 603pl. of half.Hăl'yard, n. p. 603(Naut.) A rope or tackle for hoisting or lowering yards or sails. [Written also halliard.]