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1. half-wei adv.

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Halfway; half-wei mid-morwe (prime, to prime), halfway between sunup and mid-morn (prime). …

2. ǒuthalf adv.

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On the outer part, outside. …

3. halven v.

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(a) To divide (sth.) into two halves or equal parts; share (sth.) equally (with another); (b) to reduce (sth.) to half; (c) astron. to cross (the equinoctial), making days and nights of equal length……

4. half-tōnen v.

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To sing or play in semitones. …

5. half-suster n.

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A sister by one parent only, a half sister. …

6. half-fọ̄ten adj.

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One half foot long. …

7. bak-half n.

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(a) The back of the body; (b) the back side of a limb or organ; (c) the part of a garment or armor which covers the back. …

8. half-brọ̄ther n.

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(a) A brother by one parent only, a half brother; (b) fig. a spiritual half brother; (c) a brother-in-law. …

9. half-dēl n. & adj.

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As noun: (a) a half part of something; (b) math. half of a number, a numerical half; (c) bi the half-del, to the extent of a half, by a half; also, half as large. …

10. bak-half adv.

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setten bak-half, to set (sb.) back, put at a disadvantage. …

11. halfling(e adv.

Additional spellings: halflinge
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In half or part measure, in part, partially, half. …

12. half-waxen adj.

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Half grown; half-waxen fish, half grown stockfish. …

13. half adv.

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To the extent or amount of half, half, half-; also, to a partial extent or degree, partially: (a) with an infinitive or a finite verb; slen hem half, to kill half of them; (b) with ppl.: half brent……

14. wrong-halved adj.

Additional spellings: wronghalved
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Of cloth or an article of clothing: ?washed, dressed, or treated on the reverse side. …

15. halven-dōl n.

Additional spellings: halvendol
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(a) One half, half; (b) withouten halven-dol, undividedly, without reservation. …

16. tā̆p n.

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An idiot, a fool. …

17. half adj.

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Constituting the half part of an object, an aggregate, a unit of numbering, coinage, measurement, time, area, etc.; half: (a) immediately preceding a noun; (b) separated from a noun by the definite……

18. half n.

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(a) A half part of an object, an area, an aggregate, a quantity, a unit of measurement, etc.; also, one of two (unequal parts), one of two ends or sides; (b) and a(n half, and half, (so much or many)……

19. hal-penī n.

Additional spellings: halpeni
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(a) An English coin [made of silver from the time of Edw.I], worth half a penny, a halfpenny; (b) a halfpenny given in charity; Goddes hal-peni; (c) a coin of Biblical times; a small foreign coin……

20. bihalve n.

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on godes bihalve, on the side of God, in accord with God's will. …

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