Part 5094

<hw>Halved</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Appearing as if one side, or one half, were cut away; dimidiate.</def>

<h1>Halves</h1> <Xpage=666>

<hw>Halves</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>, <def><tt>pl.</tt> of <er>Half</er>.</def>

<cs><col>By halves</col>, <cd>by one half at once; halfway; fragmentarily; partially; incompletely.</cd></cs>

<blockquote>I can not believe by <b>halves</b>; either I have faith, or I have it not. <i>J. H. Newman.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To go halves</col>. <cd>See under <er>Go</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Halwe</h1> <Xpage=666>

<hw>Hal"we</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE., fr. AS. <ets>h\'belga</ets>. See <er>Holy</er>.]</ety> <def>A saint.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hal'yard</h1> <Xpage=666>

<hw>Hal'yard</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Hale</ets>, <tt>v. t.</tt> + <ets>yard</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A rope or tackle for hoisting or lowering yards, sails, flags, etc.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>halliard</asp>, <asp>haulyard</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Halysites</h1> <Xpage=666>

<hw>Hal`y*si"tes</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ a chain.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>A genus of Silurian fossil corals; the chain corals. See <cref>Chain coral</cref>, under <er>Chain</er>.</def>

<h1>Ham</h1> <Xpage=666>

<hw>Ham</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Home.</def> <mark>[North of Eng.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Ham</h1> <Xpage=666>

<hw>Ham</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>ham</ets>; akin to D. <ets>ham</ets>, dial. G. <ets>hamme</ets>, OHG. <ets>hamma</ets>. Perh. named from the bend at the ham, and akin to E. <ets>chamber</ets>. Cf. <er>Gammon</er> ham.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the hock.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The thigh of any animal; especially, the thigh of a hog cured by salting and smoking.</def>

<blockquote>A plentiful lack of wit, together with most weak <b>ham</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hamadryad</h1> <Xpage=666>

<hw>Ham"a*dry`ad</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. E. <plw>Hamadryads</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>, L. <plw>Hamadryades</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>Hamadryas</ets>, <ets>-adis</ets>, Gr. <?/; <?/ together + <?/ oak, tree: cf. F. <ets>hamadryade</ets>. See <er>Same</er>, and <er>Tree</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Class. Myth.)</fld> <def>A tree nymph whose life ended with that of the particular tree, usually an oak, which had been her abode.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A large venomous East Indian snake (<spn>Orhiophagus bungarus</spn>), allied to the cobras.</def>

<h1>Hamadryas</h1> <Xpage=666>

<hw>Ha*ma"dry*as</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., a hamadryad. See <er>Hamadryad</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The sacred baboon of Egypt (<spn>Cynocephalus Hamadryas</spn>).</def>

<h1>Hamamelis</h1> <Xpage=666>