An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

Hale-skarth, adj. Entirely sound, q. without a scart or scratch, S. scartfree.
Douglas.

HALF, s.
1. Side.
Barbour.
2. Quarter, coast.
Barbour.
3. Part, side.
Barbour.

A. S. haelf, pars, ora, tractus.

Halflang, adj. Half-grown.
V. [Halflin].

Halfe-hag, s. A species of artillery.
V. [Hagg].

Halfer, Halver, s. One who has a moiety of any thing.
Rutherford.
To gang havers, to be partners, S.

Halfindall, adv. The half.
Barbour.

Teut. holf deel, dimidia pars.

Halflin, Halfin, Haaflang, adj. Not fully grown, S., q. half-long.
J. Nicol.

Halflying, Halflings, Hafflin, Hallins, adv. Partly, S.
King's Quair.