Defn: Half the length of a sword; close fight. "At half-sword." Shak.
HALF-TIMBERED
Half"-tim`bered, a. (Arch.)
Defn: Constructed of a timber frame, having the spaces filled in with masonry; — said of buildings.
HALF TONE; HALF-TONE
Half tone, or Half"-tone`, n.
1. (Fine Arts)
(a) An intermediate or middle tone in a painting, engraving,
photograph, etc.; a middle tint, neither very dark nor very light.
(b) A half-tone photo-engraving.
2. (Music) A half step.
HALF-TONE
Half"-tone`, a.
Defn: Having, consisting of, or pertaining to, half tones; specif.
(Photo-engraving),
Defn: pertaining to or designating plates, processes, or the pictures made by them, in which gradation of tone in the photograph is reproduced by a graduated system of dotted and checkered spots, usually nearly invisible to the unaided eye, produced by the interposition between the camera and the object of a screen. The name alludes to the fact that this process was the first that was practically successful in reproducing the half tones of the photograph.
HALF-TONGUE
Half"-tongue`, n. (O. Law)