Part 5085

<hw>Half"-port`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>One half of a shutter made in two parts for closing a porthole.</def>

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

<hw>Half"-ray`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>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.</def>

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

<hw>Half"-read`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Informed by insufficient reading; superficial; shallow.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Half seas over</h1> <Xpage=665>

<hw>Half" seas` o`ver</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>Half drunk.</def> <mark>[Slang: used only predicatively.]</mark>

<i>Spectator.</i>

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

<hw>Half"-sight`ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Seeing imperfectly; having weak discernment.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

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

<hw>Half"-sis`ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A sister by one parent only.</def>

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

<hw>Half"-strained`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Half-bred; imperfect.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> "A <i>half-strained</i> villain."

<i>Dryden.</i>

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

<hw>Half"-sword`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Half the length of a sword; close fight.</def> "At <i>half-sword</i>."

<i>Shak.</i>

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

<hw>Half"-tim`bered</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>Constructed of a timber frame, having the spaces filled in with masonry; -- said of buildings.</def>

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

<hw>Half"-tounue`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(O. Law)</fld> <def>A jury, for the trial of a fore foreigner, composed equally of citizens and aliens.</def>

<h1>Halfway</h1> <Xpage=665>

<hw>Half"way`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In the middle; at half the distance; imperfectly; partially; <as>as, he <ex>halfway</ex> yielded</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Temples proud to meet their gods <b>halfway</b>. <i>Young.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Halfway</h1> <Xpage=665>