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But :: But (v. t.) The portion of a half-coupling fastened to the end of a hose.

Bicarbonate :: Bicarbonate (n.) A carbonate in which but half the hydrogen of the acid is replaced by a positive element or radical, thus making the proportion of the acid to the positive or basic portion twice what it is in the normal carbonates; an acid carbonate; -- sometimes called supercarbonate..

Minute :: Minute (n.) A coin; a half farthing.

Harquebuse :: Harquebuse (n.) A firearm with match holder, trigger, and tumbler, made in the second half of the 15th century. the barrel was about forty inches long. A form of the harquebus was subsequently called arquebus with matchlock..

Behalf :: Behalf (n.) Advantage; favor; stead; benefit; interest; profit; support; defense; vindication.

Half-bred :: Half-bred (a.) Half-blooded.

Semiquartile :: Semiquartile (n.) An aspect of the planets when distant from each other the half of a quadrant, or forty-five degrees, or one sign and a half..

Bitartrate :: Bitartrate (n.) A salt of tartaric acid in which the base replaces but half the acid hydrogen; an acid tartrate, as cream of tartar..

Mustang :: Mustang (n.) The half-wild horse of the plains in Mexico, California, etc. It is small, hardy, and easily sustained..

Semidiaphaneity :: Semidiaphaneity (n.) Half or imperfect transparency; translucency.

Halfway :: Halfway (a.) Equally distant from the extremes; situated at an intermediate point; midway.

Semihoral :: Semihoral (a.) Half-hourly.

Halfer :: Halfer (n.) One who possesses or gives half only; one who shares.

Forte :: Forte (n.) The stronger part of the blade of a sword; the part of half nearest the hilt; -- opposed to foible.

Semiaxis :: Semiaxis (n.) One half of the axis of an /llipse or other figure.

Half-moon :: Half-moon (n.) The shape of a half-moon; a crescent.

Half :: Half (a.) Consisting of a moiety, or half; as, a half bushel; a half hour; a half dollar; a half view..

Semicolumn :: Semicolumn (n.) A half column; a column bisected longitudinally, or along its axis..

Prosecution :: Prosecution (n.) The institution, or commencement, and continuance of a criminal suit; the process of exhibiting formal charges against an offender before a legal tribunal, and pursuing them to final judgment on behalf of the state or government, as by indictment or information..

Atlantes :: Atlantes (n. pl.) Figures or half figures of men, used as columns to support an entablature; -- called also telamones. See Caryatides..

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