Vocabulary : Halcyonian to Half tone
Halcyonian : Halcyon; calm.
Halcyonold : See Alcyonoid.
Hale : Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; as, a hale body. ;; Welfare. ;; To pull; to drag; to haul.
Haled : of Hale
Halesia : A genus of American shrubs containing several species, called snowdrop trees, or silver-bell trees. They have showy, white flowers, drooping on slender pedicels.
Half : Consisting of a moiety, or half; as, a half bushel; a half hour; a half dollar; a half view. ;; Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect; as, a half dream; half knowledge. ;; In an equal part or degree; in some pa/ appro/mating a half; partially; imperfectly; as, half-colored, half done, half-hearted, half persuaded, half conscious. ;; Part; side; behalf. ;; One of two equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided; -- sometimes followed by of; as, a half of an apple. ;; To halve. [Obs.] See Halve.
Half blood : The relation between persons born of the same father or of the same mother, but not of both; as, a brother or sister of the half blood. See Blood, n., 2 and 4. ;; A person so related to another. ;; A person whose father and mother are of different races; a half-breed.
Half nelson : A hold in which one arm is thrust under the corresponding arm of the opponent, generally behind, and the hand placed upon the back of his neck. In the full nelson both hands are so placed.
Half seas over : Half drunk.
Half tone : Alt. of Half-tone
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