adv. In an equal part or degree; in some part approximating a half; partially; imperfectly;
Their children spoke halfin the speech of Ashdod. Neh. xiii. 24. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ AS. healf, half, half; as a noun, half, side, part; akin to OS., OFries., & D. half, G. halb, Sw. half, Dan. halv, Icel. hālfr, Goth. halbs. Cf. Halve, Behalf. ]
☞ The adjective and noun are often united to form a compound. [ 1913 Webster ]
Assumed from thence a half consent. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
Half ape (Zool.),
Half back. (Football)
Half bent,
Half binding,
Half boarder,
Half-breadth plan (Shipbuilding),
Half cadence (Mus.),
Half cap,
At half cock,
Half hitch,
Half hose,
Half measure,
Half note (Mus.),
Half pay,
Half price,
Half round.
Half shift (Mus.),
Half step (Mus.),
Half tide,
Half time,
Half tint (Fine Arts),
Half truth,
Half year,
v. t. To halve. [ Obs. ] See Halve. Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
The four halves of the house. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
Not half his riches known, and yet despised. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
A friendship so complete
Portioned in halves between us. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
Better half.
In half,
In one's half
On one's half
To cry halves,
To go halves,
n. A mixture of two malt liquors, esp. porter and ale, in about equal parts. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Football) A person who plays the position of halfback{ 2 } on a football team.
a.
n. (Zool.) Any slender, marine fish of the genus
☞ In the 2d and 3d senses usually with a hyphen. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.