Definition of half

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Half (v. t.) To halve. [Obs.] See Halve.

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Bastard :: Bastard (n.) Abbreviated, as the half title in a page preceding the full title page of a book..
Johannes :: "Johannes (n.) A Portuguese gold coin of the value of eight dollars, named from the figure of King John which it bears; -- often contracted into joe; as, a joe, or a half joe..
Semiorbicular :: Semiorbicular (a.) Having the shape of a half orb or sphere.
Semidetached :: Semidetached (a.) Half detached; partly distinct or separate.
Shingles :: Shingles (n.) A kind of herpes (Herpes zoster) which spreads half way around the body like a girdle, and is usually attended with violent neuralgic pain..
Score :: Score (n.) Account; reason; motive; sake; behalf.
Hemicerebrum :: Hemicerebrum (n.) A lateral half of the cerebrum.
Lap :: Lap (n.) The state or condition of being in part extended over or by the side of something else; or the extent of the overlapping; as, the second boat got a lap of half its length on the leader..
Semidiurnal :: Semidiurnal (a.) Pertaining to, or traversed in, six hours, or in half the time between the rising and setting of a heavenly body; as, a semidiurnal arc..
Towards :: Towards (prep.) Tending to; in the direction of; in behalf of.
Demi-rilievo :: Demi-rilievo (n.) Half relief; sculpture in relief of which the figures project from the background by one half their full roundness.
Pyxidium :: Pyxidium (n.) A pod which divides circularly into an upper and lower half, of which the former acts as a kind of lid, as in the pimpernel and purslane..
Demiwolf :: Demiwolf (n.) A half wolf; a mongrel dog, between a dog and a wolf..
Conchoidal :: Conchoidal (a.) Having elevations or depressions in form like one half of a bivalve shell; -- applied principally to a surface produced by fracture.
Glucose :: Glucose (n.) A variety of sugar occurring in nature very abundantly, as in ripe grapes, and in honey, and produced in great quantities from starch, etc., by the action of heat and acids. It is only about half as sweet as cane sugar. Called also dextrose, grape sugar, diabetic sugar, and starch sugar. See Dextrose..
Horseback :: Horseback (n.) An extended ridge of sand, gravel, and bowlders, in a half-stratified condition..
Minotaur :: Minotaur (n.) A fabled monster, half man and half bull, confined in the labyrinth constructed by Daedalus in Crete..
Halfway :: Halfway (adv.) In the middle; at half the distance; imperfectly; partially; as, he halfway yielded..
Peek :: Peek (v. i.) To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep..
Half-moon :: Half-moon (n.) The shape of a half-moon; a crescent.
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