Half seas over
(Half" seas` o"ver) Half drunk. [Slang: used only predicatively.] Spectator.
Half-sighted
(Half"-sight`ed) a. Seeing imperfectly; having weak discernment. Bacon.
Half-sister
(Half"-sis`ter) n. A sister by one parent only.
Half-strained
(Half"-strained`) a. Half-bred; imperfect. [R.] "A half-strained villain." Dryden.
Half-sword
(Half"-sword`) n. Half the length of a sword; close fight. "At half- sword." Shak.
Half-timbered
(Half"-tim`bered) a. (Arch.) Constructed of a timber frame, having the spaces filled in
with masonry; — said of buildings.
Half-tongue
(Half"-tongue`) n. (O. Law) A jury, for the trial of a foreigner, composed equally of citizens
and aliens.
Halfway
(Half"way`) adv. In the middle; at half the distance; imperfectly; partially; as, he halfway yielded.
Temples proud to meet their gods halfway.
Young. Halfway
(Half"way`), a. Equally distant from the extremes; situated at an intermediate point; midway.
Halfway covenant, a practice among the Congregational churches of New England, between 1657 and
1662, of permitting baptized persons of moral life and orthodox faith to enjoy all the privileges of church
membership, save the partaking of the Lord's Supper. They were also allowed to present their children
for baptism. — Halfway house, an inn or place of call midway on a journey.
Half-wit
(Half"-wit`) n. A foolish person; a dolt; a blockhead; a dunce. Dryden.
Half-witted
(Half"-wit`ted) a. Weak in intellect; silly.
Half-yearly
(Half"-year`ly) a. Two in a year; semiannual. — adv. Twice in a year; semiannually.
Halibut
(Hal"i*but) n. [OE. hali holy + but, butte, flounder; akin to D. bot, G. butte; cf. D. heilbot, G.
heilbutt. So named as being eaten on holidays. See Holy, Holiday.] (Zoöl.) A large, northern, marine
flatfish (Hippoglossus vulgaris), of the family Pleuronectidæ. It often grows very large, weighing more
than three hundred pounds. It is an important food fish. [Written also holibut.]
Halichondriæ
(||Hal`i*chon"dri*æ) n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. "a`ls, "alo`s, sea + cho`ndros cartilage.] (Zoöl.) An
order of sponges, having simple siliceous spicules and keratose fibers; — called also Keratosilicoidea.
Halicore
(||Hal"i*core) (hal"i*kor; L. ha*lik"o*re), n. [NL., fr. Gr. "a`ls sea + ko`rh maiden.] Same as
Dugong.
Halidom
(Hal"i*dom) n. [AS. haligdom holiness, sacrament, sanctuary, relics; halig holy + - dom, E. -
dom. See Holy.]
1. Holiness; sanctity; sacred oath; sacred things; sanctuary; — used chiefly in oaths. [Archaic]
So God me help and halidom.
Piers Plowman.
By my halidom, I was fast asleep.
Shak. 2. Holy doom; the Last Day. [R.] Shipley.
Halieutics
(Hal`i*eu"tics) n. [L. halieuticus pertaining to fishing, Gr. "alieytiko`s.] A treatise upon fish
or the art of fishing; ichthyology.
