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<h1>Half-blooded</h1> <Xpage=665>

<hw>Half"-blood`ed</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Proceeding from a male and female of different breeds or races; having only one parent of good stock; <as>as, a <ex>half-blooded</ex> sheep</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Degenerate; mean.</def>

<h1>Half-boot</h1> <Xpage=665>

<hw>Half"-boot`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A boot with a short top covering only the ankle. See <er>Cocker</er>, and <i>Congress boot</i>, under <er>Congress</er>.</def>

<h1>Half-bound</h1> <Xpage=665>

<hw>Half"-bound`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Having only the back and corners in leather, as a book.</def>

<h1>Half-bred</h1> <Xpage=665>

<hw>Half"-bred`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Half-blooded.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Imperfectly acquainted with the rules of good-breeding; not well trained.</def>

<i>Atterbury.</i>

<h1>Half-breed</h1> <Xpage=665>

<hw>Half"-breed`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Half-blooded.</def>

<h1>Half-breed</h1> <Xpage=665>

<hw>Half"-breed`</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A person who is blooded; the offspring of parents of different races, especially of the American Indian and the white race.</def>

<h1>Half-brother</h1> <Xpage=665>

<hw>Half"-broth`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A brother by one parent, but not by both.</def>

<h1>Half-caste</h1> <Xpage=665>

<hw>Half"-caste`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One born of a European parent on the one side, and of a Hindoo or Mohammedan on the other. Also adjective; <as>as, <ex>half-caste</ex> parents</as>.</def>

<h1>Half-clammed</h1> <Xpage=665>

<hw>Half"-clammed`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Half-filled.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Lions' <b>half-clammed</b> entrails roar food. <i>Marston.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Halfcock</h1> <Xpage=665>

<hw>Half"cock`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Halfcocked</er><tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Halfcocking</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To set the cock of (a firearm) at the first notch.</def>

<cs><col>To go off halfcocked</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To be discharged prematurely, or with the trigger at half cock; -- said of a firearm.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To do or say something without due thought or care. <mark>[Colloq. or Low]</mark></cd></cs> <-- now written half-cocked -->

<h1>Half-cracked</h1> <Xpage=665>

<hw>Half"-cracked`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Half-demented; half-witted.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<h1>Half-deck</h1> <Xpage=665>