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- English Word Half-learned Definition Imperfectly learned.
- English Word Half-length Definition Of half the whole or ordinary length, as a picture.
- English Word Half-mast Definition A point some distance below the top of a mast or staff; as, a flag a half-mast (a token of mourning, etc.).
- English Word Half-moon Definition The moon at the quarters, when half its disk appears illuminated.
- English Word Half-moon Definition The shape of a half-moon; a crescent.
- English Word Half-moon Definition An outwork composed of two faces, forming a salient angle whose gorge resembles a half-moon; -- now called a ravelin.
- English Word Half-moon Definition A marine, sparoid, food fish of California (Caesiosoma Californiense). The body is ovate, blackish above, blue or gray below. Called also medialuna.
- English Word Half-pike Definition A short pike, sometimes carried by officers of infantry, sometimes used in boarding ships; a spontoon.
- English Word Half-port Definition One half of a shutter made in two parts for closing a porthole.
- English Word Half-ray Definition A straight line considered as drawn from a center to an indefinite distance in one direction, the complete ray being the whole line drawn to an indefinite distance in both directions.
- English Word Half-read Definition Informed by insufficient reading; superficial; shallow.
- English Word Half-sighted Definition Seeing imperfectly; having weak discernment.
- English Word Half-sister Definition A sister by one parent only.
- English Word Half-strained Definition Half-bred; imperfect.
- English Word Half-sword Definition Half the length of a sword; close fight.
- English Word Half-timbered Definition Constructed of a timber frame, having the spaces filled in with masonry; -- said of buildings.
- English Word Half-tounue Definition A jury, for the trial of a foreigner, composed equally of citizens and aliens.
- English Word Half-wit Definition A foolish; a dolt; a blockhead; a dunce.
- English Word Half-witted Definition Weak in intellect; silly.
- English Word Half-yearly Definition Two in a year; semiannual. -- adv. Twice in a year; semiannually.