Part 5084

<hw>Half"-heart`ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Wanting in heart or spirit; ungenerous; unkind.</def>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Lacking zeal or courage; lukewarm.</def> <-- (of actions) not performed with full effort -->

<i>H. James.</i></blockquote>

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

<hw>Half"-hour`ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Done or happening at intervals of half an hour.</def>

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

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

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

<hw>Half"-length`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of half the whole or ordinary length, as a picture.</def>

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

<hw>Half"-mast`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A point some distance below the top of a mast or staff; <as>as, a flag a <ex>half-mast</ex> (a token of mourning, etc</as>.).</def>

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

<hw>Half"-moon`</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The moon at the quarters, when half its disk appears illuminated.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The shape of a half-moon; a crescent.</def>

<blockquote>See how in warlike muster they appear, In rhombs, and wedges, and <b>half-moons</b>, and wings. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Fort.)</fld> <def>An outwork composed of two faces, forming a salient angle whose gorge resembles a half-moon; -- now called a <altname>ravelin</altname>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A marine, sparoid, food fish of California (<spn>C\'91siosoma Californiense</spn>). The body is ovate, blackish above, blue or gray below. Called also <altname>medialuna</altname>.</def>

<h1>Halfness</h1> <Xpage=665>

<hw>Half"ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being half; incompleteness.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>As soon as there is any departure from simplicity, and attempt at <b>halfness</b>, or good for me that is not good for him, my neighbor feels the wrong. <i>Emerson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Halfpace</h1> <Xpage=665>

<hw>Half"pace`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A platform of a staircase where the stair turns back in exactly the reverse direction of the lower flight. See <er>Quarterpace</er>.</def>

<note>&hand; This term and <i>quartepace</i> are rare or unknown in the United States, <altname>platform</altname> or <altname>landing</altname> being used instead.</note>

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

<hw>Half"-pike`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>A short pike, sometimes carried by officers of infantry, sometimes used in boarding ships; a spontoon.</def>

<i>Tatler.</i>

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