- In half
- Half Half (h[aum]f), n.; pl. {Halves} (h[aum]vz). [AS. healf.
See {Half}, a.]
1. Part; side; behalf. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
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The four halves of the house. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
2. 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. [1913 Webster]
Not half his riches known, and yet despised. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
A friendship so complete Portioned in halves between us. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
{Better half}. See under {Better}.
{In half}, in two; an expression sometimes used improperly instead of {in halves} or {into halves}; as, to cut in half. [Colloq.] --Dickens.
{In one's half} or {On one's half}, in one's behalf; on one's part. [Obs.]
{To cry halves}, to claim an equal share with another.
{To go halves}, to share equally between two. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
