Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter H - Page 5
Halfer (n.) One who possesses or gives half only; one who shares.
Halfer (n.) A male fallow deer gelded.
Half-faced (a.) Showing only part of the face; wretched looking; meager.
Half-fish (n.) A salmon in its fifth year of growth.
Half-hatched (a.) Imperfectly hatched; as, half-hatched eggs.
Half-heard (a.) Imperfectly or partly heard to the end.
Half-hearted (a.) Wanting in heart or spirit; ungenerous; unkind.
Half-hearted (a.) Lacking zeal or courage; lukewarm.
Half-hourly (a.) Done or happening at intervals of half an hour.
Half-learned (a.) Imperfectly learned.
Half-length (a.) Of half the whole or ordinary length, as a picture.
Half-mast (n.) A point some distance below the top of a mast or staff; as, a flag a half-mast (a token of mourning, etc.).
Half-moon (n.) The moon at the quarters, when half its disk appears illuminated.
Half-moon (n.) The shape of a half-moon; a crescent.
Half-moon (n.) An outwork composed of two faces, forming a salient angle whose gorge resembles a half-moon; -- now called a ravelin.
Half-moon (n.) A marine, sparoid, food fish of California (Caesiosoma Californiense). The body is ovate, blackish above, blue or gray below. Called also medialuna.
Halfness (n.) The quality of being half; incompleteness.
Halfpace (n.) A platform of a staircase where the stair turns back in exactly the reverse direction of the lower flight. See Quarterpace.
Half-pike (n.) A short pike, sometimes carried by officers of infantry, sometimes used in boarding ships; a spontoon.
Half-port (n.) One half of a shutter made in two parts for closing a porthole.
Half-ray (n.) A straight line considered as drawn from a center to an indefinite distance in one direction, the complete ray being the whole line drawn to an indefinite distance in both directions.
Half-read (a.) Informed by insufficient reading; superficial; shallow.
Half seas over () Half drunk.
Half-sighted (a.) Seeing imperfectly; having weak discernment.
Half-sister (n.) A sister by one parent only.
Half-strained (a.) Half-bred; imperfect.
Half-sword (n.) Half the length of a sword; close fight.
Half-timbered (a.) Constructed of a timber frame, having the spaces filled in with masonry; -- said of buildings.
Half-tounue (n.) A jury, for the trial of a foreigner, composed equally of citizens and aliens.
Halfway (adv.) 在中途；到一半；不完全地，不徹底地 In the middle; at half the distance; imperfectly; partially; as, he halfway yielded.
Temples proud to meet their gods halfway. -- Young.
Halfway (a.) （兩點間）中途的；不完全的，不徹底的 Equally distant from the extremes; situated at an intermediate point; midway.
Syn: Center (prenominal), middle (prenominal), midway.
Halfway (a.) Partial.
Halfway (a.) Including only half or a portion; incomplete; as, halfway measures.
{Halfway covenant}, A practice among the Congregational churches of New England, between 1657 and 1662, of permitting baptized persons of moral life and orthodox faith to enjoy all the privileges of church membership, save the partaking of the Lord's Supper. They were also allowed to present their children for baptism.
Halfway (adv.) At half the distance; at the middle; "he was halfway down the ladder when he fell" [syn: {halfway}, {midway}].
Halfway (a.) Equally distant from the extremes [syn: {center(a)}, {halfway}, {middle(a)}, {midway}].
Halfway (a.) At a point midway between two extremes; "at the halfway mark"
Halfway (a.) Including only half or a portion; "halfway measures".
Half-wit (n.) A foolish; a dolt; a blockhead; a dunce.
Half-witted (a.) Weak in intellect; silly.
Half-yearly (a.) Two in a year; semiannual. -- adv. Twice in a year; semiannually.
Halibut (n.) A large, northern, marine flatfish (Hippoglossus vulgaris), of the family Pleuronectidae. It often grows very large, weighing more than three hundred pounds. It is an important food fish.
Halichondriae (n. pl.) An order of sponges, having simple siliceous spicules and keratose fibers; -- called also Keratosilicoidea.
Halicore (n.) Same as Dugong.
Halidom (n.) Holiness; sanctity; sacred oath; sacred things; sanctuary; -- used chiefly in oaths.
Halidom (n.) Holy doom; the Last Day.
Halieutics (n.) A treatise upon fish or the art of fishing; ichthyology.
Halmas (a.) The feast of All Saints; Hallowmas.
Haliographer (n.) One who writes about or describes the sea.
Haliography (n.) Description of the sea; the science that treats of the sea.
Haliotis (n.) A genus of marine shells; the ear-shells. See Abalone.
Haliotoid (a.) Like or pertaining to the genus Haliotis; ear-shaped.
Halisauria (n. pl.) The Enaliosauria.
Halite (n.) Native salt; sodium chloride.
Halituous (a.) Produced by, or like, breath; vaporous.
Halk (n.) A nook; a corner.
Hall (n.) A building or room of considerable size and stateliness, used for public purposes; as, Westminster Hall, in London.
Hall (n.) The chief room in a castle or manor house, and in early times the only public room, serving as the place of gathering for the lord's family with the retainers and servants, also for cooking and eating. It was often contrasted with the bower, which was the private or sleeping apartment.
Hall (n.) A vestibule, entrance room, etc., in the more elaborated buildings of later times.
Hall (n.) Any corridor or passage in a building.
Hall (n.) A name given to many manor houses because the magistrate's court was held in the hall of his mansion; a chief mansion house.
Hall (n.) A college in an English university (at Oxford, an unendowed college).
Hall (n.) The apartment in which English university students dine in common; hence, the dinner itself; as, hall is at six o'clock.
Hall (n.) Cleared passageway in a crowd; -- formerly an exclamation.
Hallage (n.) A fee or toll paid for goods sold in a hall.
Halleluiah (n. & interj.) Alt. of Hallelujah
Hallelujah (n. & interj.) Praise ye Jehovah; praise ye the Lord; -- an exclamation used chiefly in songs of praise or thanksgiving to God, and as an expression of gratitude or adoration.
Hallelujatic (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, hallelujahs.
Halliard (n.) See Halyard.
Hallidome (n.) Same as Halidom.
Hallier (n.) A kind of net for catching birds.
Hall-mark (n.) The official stamp of the Goldsmiths' Company and other assay offices, in the United Kingdom, on gold and silver articles, attesting their purity.
Hall-mark (n.) Hence, [figuratively]: A distinguishing characteristic or characteristics; as, a word or phrase lacks the hall-mark of the best writers.
Hallmark (n.) A distinctive characteristic or attribute [syn: hallmark, trademark, earmark, stylemark].
Hallmark (n.) A mark on an article of trade to indicate its origin and authenticity [syn: authentication, hallmark, assay-mark].
Hallmark (n.) 品質證明；戳記；保證書；標誌，特徵 A mark stamped on articles of gold, silver, or platinum by the British assay offices, certifying their standard of purity.
Hallmark (n.) A distinctive feature.
‘The tiny bubbles are the hallmark of fine champagnes.’
Hallmark (v.) [With object] 給……蓋上品質證明印記；使具有……標誌 Stamp with a hallmark.
‘He was reprimanded for not hallmarking his work.’
Hallmark (v.) Mark as distinctive.
‘This attitude hallmarks many a Briton's behaviour abroad.’
Halloa () See Halloo.
Halloo (n.) 嗨（嘿等）的叫聲 [C] A loud exclamation; a call to invite attention or to incite a person or an animal; a shout.
List! List! I hear Some far off halloo break the silent air. -- Milton.
Hallooed (imp. & p. p.) of Halloo
Halloing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Halloo
Halloo (v. i.) （向……）發出嗨（嘿等）的叫聲 To cry out; to exclaim with a loud voice; to call to a person, as by the word halloo.
Country folks hallooed and hooted after me. -- Sir P. Sidney.
Halloo (v. t.) To encourage with shouts.
Old John hallooes his hounds again. -- Prior.
Halloo (v. t.) To chase with shouts or outcries.
If I fly . . . Halloo me like a hare. -- Shak.
Halloo (v. t.) To call or shout to; to hail. -- Shak.
Halloo (interj.) （引人注意或表示驚訝的聲音）嗨，喂；呀；（嗾獵犬快跑的聲音）嘿 [C] An exclamation to call attention or to encourage one. Now mostly replaced by hello.
Halloo (n.) A shout to attract attention; "he gave a great halloo but no one heard him".
Halloo (v.) Urge on with shouts; "halloo the dogs in a hunt".
Halloo (v.) Shout `halloo', as when greeting someone or attracting attention.
Hallowed (imp. & p. p.) of Hallow
Hallowed (a.) 神聖的；hallow的動詞過去式、過去分詞 Belonging to or derived from or associated with a divine power; made holy. Opposite of unholy. [Narrower terms: beatified, blessed ; {blessed ; {consecrated, sacred, sanctified ] Also See: consecrated, consecrate, sacred.
Syn: holy.
Hallowed (a.) Worthy of religious veneration; "the sacred name of Jesus"; "Jerusalem's hallowed soil" [syn: hallowed, sacred].
Hallowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hallow
Hallow (v. t.) To make holy; to set apart for holy or religious use; to consecrate; to treat or keep as sacred; to reverence.
Halloween (n.) The evening preceding Allhallows or All Saints' Day.
Hallowmas (n.) The feast of All Saints, or Allhallows.
Halloysite (n.) A claylike mineral, occurring in soft, smooth, amorphous masses, of a whitish color.
Hallucal (a.) Of or pertaining to the hallux.
Hallucinate (v. i.) 出現幻覺 To wander; to go astray; to err; to blunder; -- used of mental processes. [R.] -- Byron.
Hallucinate (v. i.) Specifically: To perceive a non-existent object or phenomenon; to believe that one is experiencing something which in reality does not exist; to experience a hallucination [2].
Hallucinate (v. t.) 使產生幻覺 To experience (something nonexistent) as an hallucination [2].
Hallucinate (v.) Perceive what is not there; have illusions.
Hallucination (n.) 幻覺；妄想，錯覺 The act of hallucinating; a wandering of the mind; error; mistake; a blunder.
This must have been the hallucination of the transcriber. -- Addison.
Hallucination (n.) (Med.) The perception of objects which have no reality, or of sensations which have no corresponding external cause, arising from disorder or the nervous system, as in delirium tremens; delusion.
Hallucinations are always evidence of cerebral derangement and are common phenomena of insanity. -- W. A. Hammond.
Hallucination (n.) Illusory perception; a common symptom of severe mental disorder.
Hallucination (n.) A mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea; "he has delusions of competence"; "his dreams of vast wealth are a hallucination" [syn: delusion, hallucination].
Hallucination (n.) An object perceived during a hallucinatory episode; "he refused to believe that the angel was a hallucination"
Hallucination (n.) (Med). jur. It is a species of mania, by which "an idea reproduced by the memory is associated and embodied by the imagination." This state of mind is sometimes called delusion or waking dreams.
Hallucination (n.) An attempt has been made to distinguish hallucinations from illusions; the former are said to be dependent on the state of the intellectual organs and, the latter, on that of those of sense. Ray, Med. Jur. Sec. 99; 1 Beck, med. Jur. 538, note. An instance is given of a temporary hallucination in the celebrated Ben Johnson, the poet. He told a friend of his that he had spent many a night in looking at his great toe, about which he had seen Turks and Tartars, Romans and Carthagenians, fight, in his imagination. 1 Coll. on Lun. 34. If, instead of being temporary, this affection of his mind had been permanent, he would doubtless have been considered insane. See, on the subject of spectral illusions, Hibbert, Alderson and Farrar's Essays; Scott on Demonology, &c.; Bostock's Physiology, vol. 3, p. 91, 161; 1 Esquirol, Maladies Mentales, 159.
Hallucinator (n.) One whose judgment and acts are affected by hallucinations; one who errs on account of his hallucinations. -- N. Brit. Rev.
Hallucinator (n.) A person who has Hallucinations.
Hallucinatory (a.) 幻覺的；引起幻覺的 Partaking of, or tending to produce, hallucination; as, hallucinatory visions.
Hallucinatory (a.) Characterized by or characteristic of hallucination ; "the bizarre hallucinatory dreams of fever" -- Jean Stafford.
Hallucinatory (a.) Tending to produce hallucination.
// Hallucinatory drugs.
Hallucinatory (a.) Resembling, involving, or being a hallucination.
// Halluvinatory dreams.
// A hallucinatory figure.
Hallux (n.) (pl. Halluces)【解】【動】（哺乳動物後蹄的）大趾；（人的）大拇趾；（鳥的）後趾 The first, or preaxial, digit of the hind limb, corresponding to the pollux in the fore limb; the great toe; the hind toe of birds.
Hallux (n.) The first largest innermost toe [syn: {big toe}, {great toe}, {hallux}].
Halm (n.) Same as Haulm.
Halma (n.) The long jump, with weights in the hands, -- the most important of the exercises of the Pentathlon.
Halos (n. pl. ) of Halo
Halo (n.) A luminous circle, usually prismatically colored, round the sun or moon, and supposed to be caused by the refraction of light through crystals of ice in the atmosphere. Connected with halos there are often white bands, crosses, or arches, resulting from the same atmospheric conditions.
Halo (n.) A circle of light; especially, the bright ring represented in painting as surrounding the heads of saints and other holy persons; a glory; a nimbus.
Halo (n.) An ideal glory investing, or affecting one's perception of, an object.
Halo (n.) A colored circle around a nipple; an areola.
Haloed (imp. & p. p.) of Halo
Haloing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Halo
Halo (v. t. & i.) To form, or surround with, a halo; to encircle with, or as with, a halo.
Haloed (a.) Surrounded with a halo; invested with an ideal glory; glorified.
Halogen (n.) An electro-negative element or radical, which, by combination with a metal, forms a haloid salt; especially, chlorine, bromine, and iodine; sometimes, also, fluorine and cyanogen. See Chlorine family, under Chlorine.
Halogenous (a.) Of the nature of a halogen.