Demi-bastion, dem′i-bast′yun, n. a kind of half-bastion, consisting of one face and one flank. [Fr. demi—L. dimidius, half, and bastion.]
Demi-cadence, dem′i-kā′dens, n. (mus.) a half-cadence.
Demi-cannon, dem′i-kan′un, n. (Shak.) an old gun which threw a ball of from 30 to 36 lbs.
Demi-culverin, dem′i-cul′ve-rin, n. an old kind of cannon which threw a shot of 9 or 10 lbs.
Demi-deify, dem′i-dē′i-fī, v.t. to treat as a demi-god.
Demi-devil, dem′i-dev′il, n. a half-devil.
Demi-distance, dem′i-dis′tans, n. (fort.) the distance between the outward polygons and the flank.
Demi-ditone, dem′i-dī-tōn, n. (mus.) a minor third.
Demigod, dem′i-god, n. half a god: one whose nature is partly divine, esp. a hero fabled to be the offspring of a god and a mortal:—fem. Dem′i-godd′ess. [Fr. demi, half, and god.]
Demi-gorge, dem′i-gorj, n. (fort.) the part of the polygon remaining after the flank is raised, going from the curtain to the angle of the polygon.