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<h1>Halcyon</h1> <Xpage=664>

<hw>Hal"cy*on</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>halcyon</ets>, <ets>alcyon</ets>, Gr.<?/: F. <ets>halcyon</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A kingfisher. By modern ornithologists restricted to a genus including a limited number of species having omnivorous habits, as the sacred kingfisher (<spn>Halcyon sancta</spn>) of Australia.</def>

<blockquote>Amidst our arms as quiet you shall be As <b>halcyons</b> brooding on a winter sea. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Halcyon</h1> <Xpage=664>

<hw>Hal"cy*on</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Pertaining to, or resembling, the halcyon, which was anciently said to lay her eggs in nests on or near the sea during the calm weather about the winter solstice.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Hence: Calm; quiet; peaceful; undisturbed; happy.</def> "Deep, <i>halcyon</i> repose."

<i>De Quincy.</i>

<h1>Halcyonian</h1> <Xpage=664>

<hw>Hal`cy*o"ni*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Halcyon; calm.</def>

<h1>Halcyonold</h1> <Xpage=664>

<hw>Hal"cy*o*nold</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a. & n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Halcyon</ets> + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Alcyonoid</er>.</def>

<h1>Hale</h1> <Xpage=664>

<hw>Hale</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Written also <ets>heil</ets>, Icel. <ets>heill</ets>; akin to E. <ets>whole</ets>. See <er>Whole</er>.]</ety> <def>Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; <as>as, a <ex>hale</ex> body</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Last year we thought him strong and <b>hale</b>. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hale</h1> <Xpage=664>

<hw>Hale</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Welfare.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>All heedless of his dearest <b>hale</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hale</h1> <Xpage=664>

<hw>Hale</hw> <tt>(h&amac;l &or; h&add;l; 277)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Haled</er> <tt>(h\'beld &or; h&add;ld)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Haling</er>.]</wordforms><def> <ety>[OE. <ets>halen</ets>, <ets>halien</ets>; cf. AS. <ets>holian</ets>, to acquire, get. See <er>Haul</er>.]</ety> <def>To pull; to drag; to haul</def>. See <er>Haul</er>.

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<blockquote>Easier both to freight, and to <b>hale</b> ashore. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>As some dark priest <b>hales</b> the reluctant victim. <i>Shelley.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Halesia</h1> <Xpage=664>

<hw>Ha*le"si*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of American shrubs containing several species, called <i>snowdrop trees</i>, or silver-bell trees. They have showy, white flowers, drooping on slender pedicels.</def>

<h1>Half</h1> <Xpage=664>

<hw>Half</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>healf</ets>, <ets>half</ets>, half; as a noun, half, side, part; akin to OS., OFries., & D. <ets>half</ets>, G. <ets>halb</ets>, Sw. <ets>half</ets>, Dan. <ets>halv</ets>, Icel. <ets>h\'belfr</ets>, Goth. <ets>halbs</ets>. Cf. <er>Halve</er>, <er>Behalf</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Consisting of a moiety, or half; <as>as, a <ex>half</ex> bushel; a <ex>half</ex> hour; a <ex>half</ex> dollar; a <ex>half</ex> view.</as></def>

<note>&hand; The adjective and noun are often united to form a compound.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect; <as>as, a <ex>half</ex> dream; <ex>half</ex> knowledge.</as></def>