Defn: To halve. [Obs.] See Halve. Sir H. Wotton.
HALF-AND-HALF
Half`-and-half", n.
Defn: A mixture of two malt liquors, esp. porter and ale, in about equal parts. Dickens.
HALFBEAK
Half"beak`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any slender, marine fish of the genus Hemirhamphus, having the upper jaw much shorter than the lower; — called also balahoo.
HALF BLOOD
Half" blood`.
1. 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.
2. A person so related to another.
3. A person whose father and mother are of different races; a half- breed.
Note: In the 2d and 3d senses usually with a hyphen.