Yearly |
Happening, accruing, or coming every year; annual; as, a yearly income; a yearly feast. |
a. |
Yearly |
Lasting a year; as, a yearly plant. |
a. |
Yearly |
Accomplished in a year; as, the yearly circuit, or revolution, of the earth. |
a. |
Yearly |
Annually; once a year to year; as, blessings yearly bestowed. |
adv. |
Half |
Consisting of a moiety, or half; as, a half bushel; a half hour; a half dollar; a half view. |
a. |
Half |
Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect; as, a half dream; half knowledge. |
a. |
Half |
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. |
adv. |
Half |
Part; side; behalf. |
a. |
Half |
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. |
a. |
Half |
To halve. [Obs.] See Halve. |
v. t. |
Half-and-half |
A mixture of two malt liquors, esp. porter and ale, in about equal parts. |
n. |
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. |
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Half blood |
A person so related to another. |
n. |
Half blood |
A person whose father and mother are of different races; a half-breed. |
n. |
Half-blooded |
Proceeding from a male and female of different breeds or races; having only one parent of good stock; as, a half-blooded sheep. |
a. |
Half-blooded |
Degenerate; mean. |
a. |
Half-boot |
A boot with a short top covering only the ankle. See Cocker, and Congress boot, under Congress. |
n. |
Half-bound |
Having only the back and corners in leather, as a book. |
n. |
Half-bred |
Half-blooded. |
a. |
Half-bred |
Imperfectly acquainted with the rules of good-breeding; not well trained. |
a. |