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English Dictionary: half snipe	by the DICT Development Group
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half crown n an English coin worth half a crown
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half eagle n a former gold coin in United States worth 5 dollars
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half gainer n a dive in which the diver throws the feet forward and up to complete a half backward somersault and enters the water facing the diving board
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half page n something that covers (the top or bottom) half of a page
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half sister n a sister who has only one parent in common with you [syn: half sister, half-sister, stepsister]
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half snipe n a small short-billed Old World snipe [syn: jacksnipe, half snipe, Limnocryptes minima]
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half sole n shoe sole extending from the shank to the toe
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half step n the musical interval between adjacent keys on a keyboard instrument Synonym(s): semitone, half step
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half-baked adj foolish; totally unsound; "a crazy scheme"; "half-baked ideas"; "a screwball proposal without a prayer of working" Synonym(s): crazy, half-baked, screwball, softheaded insufficiently cooked Synonym(s): half-baked, underdone
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half-caste n an offensive term for the offspring of parents of different races or cultures
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half-century n a period of 50 years
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half-clothed adj inadequately clothed [syn: half-clothed, {scantily clad}, underclothed]
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half-cock n confusion resulting from lack of preparation
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half-crazed adj driven insane Synonym(s): crazed, deranged, half-crazed
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half-seas-over adj British informal for `intoxicated'
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half-sister n a sister who has only one parent in common with you [syn: half sister, half-sister, stepsister]
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half-size adj half the usual or regular size
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half-slip n undergarment worn under a skirt [syn: petticoat, {half- slip}, underskirt]
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half-staff n a position some distance below the top of a mast to which a flag is lowered in mourning or to signal distress Synonym(s): half-mast, half-staff
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halfback n (football) the running back who plays the offensive halfback position (American football) the position of a back on a football team
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halfbeak n tropical and subtropical marine and freshwater fishes having an elongated body and long protruding lower jaw
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Halifax n provincial capital and largest city of Nova Scotia
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hall pass n written permission from a teacher for a student to be out the classroom and in the halls of the school
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halobacter n halophiles in saline environments such as the Dead Sea or salt flats Synonym(s): halobacteria, halobacterium, halobacter
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halobacteria n halophiles in saline environments such as the Dead Sea or salt flats Synonym(s): halobacteria, halobacterium, halobacter
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halobacterium n halophiles in saline environments such as the Dead Sea or salt flats Synonym(s): halobacteria, halobacterium, halobacter
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Heliobacter n a genus of helical or curved or straight aerobic bacteria with rounded ends and multiple flagella; found in the gastric mucosa of primates (including humans) Synonym(s): Heliobacter, genus Heliobacter
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Heliobacter pylori n the type species of genus Heliobacter; produces urease and is associated with several gastroduodenal diseases (including gastritis and gastric ulcers and duodenal ulcers and other peptic ulcers) Synonym(s): Heliobacter pylori, H. pylori
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heliopause n the boundary marking the edge of the sun's influence; the boundary (roughly 100 AU from the sun) between the interplanetary medium and the interstellar medium; where the solar wind from the sun and the radiation from other stars meet
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heliopsis n any North American shrubby perennial herb of the genus Heliopsis having large yellow daisylike flowers Synonym(s): heliopsis, oxeye
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hollow-back n an abnormal inward (forward) curvature of the vertebral column Synonym(s): lordosis, hollow-back
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Sea eagle \Sea" ea"gle\ 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of fish-eating eagles of the genus {Hali[91]etus} and allied genera, as the North Pacific sea eagle. ({H. pelagicus}), which has white shoulders, head, rump, and tail; the European white-tailed eagle ({H. albicilla}); and the Indian white-tailed sea eagle, or fishing eagle ({Polioa[89]tus ichthya[89]tus}). The bald eagle and the osprey are also sometimes classed as sea eagles. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The eagle ray. See under {Ray}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eagle \Ea"gle\, n. [OE. egle, F. aigle, fr. L. aquila; prob. named from its color, fr. aquilus dark-colored, brown; cf. Lith. aklas blind. Cf. {Aquiline}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any large, rapacious bird of the Falcon family, esp. of the genera {Aquila} and {Hali[91]etus}. The eagle is remarkable for strength, size, graceful figure, keenness of vision, and extraordinary flight. The most noted species are the golden eagle ({Aquila chrysa[89]tus}); the imperial eagle of Europe ({A. mogilnik [or] imperialis}); the American bald eagle ({Hali[91]etus leucocephalus}); the European sea eagle ({H. albicilla}); and the great harpy eagle ({Thrasaetus harpyia}). The figure of the eagle, as the king of birds, is commonly used as an heraldic emblem, and also for standards and emblematic devices. See {Bald eagle}, {Harpy}, and {Golden eagle}. 2. A gold coin of the United States, of the value of ten dollars. 3. (Astron.) A northern constellation, containing Altair, a star of the first magnitude. See {Aquila}. 4. The figure of an eagle borne as an emblem on the standard of the ancient Romans, or so used upon the seal or standard of any people. Though the Roman eagle shadow thee. --Tennyson. Note: Some modern nations, as the United States, and France under the Bonapartes, have adopted the eagle as their national emblem. Russia, Austria, and Prussia have for an emblem a double-headed eagle. {Bald eagle}. See {Bald eagle}. {Bold eagle}. See under {Bold}. {Double eagle}, a gold coin of the United States worth twenty dollars. {Eagle hawk} (Zo[94]l.), a large, crested, South American hawk of the genus {Morphnus}. {Eagle owl} (Zo[94]l.), any large owl of the genus {Bubo}, and allied genera; as the American great horned owl ({Bubo Virginianus}), and the allied European species ({B. maximus}). See {Horned owl}. {Eagle ray} (Zo[94]l.), any large species of ray of the genus {Myliobatis} (esp. {M. aquila}). {Eagle vulture} (Zo[94]l.), a large West African bid ({Gypohierax Angolensis}), intermediate, in several respects, between the eagles and vultures.
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Back \Back\, n. [As b[91]c, bac; akin to Icel., Sw., & LG. bak, Dan. bag; cf. OHG. bahho ham, Skr. bhaj to turn, OSlav. b[?]g[?] flight. Cf. {Bacon}.] 1. In human beings, the hinder part of the body, extending from the neck to the end of the spine; in other animals, that part of the body which corresponds most nearly to such part of a human being; as, the back of a horse, fish, or lobster. 2. An extended upper part, as of a mountain or ridge. [The mountains] their broad bare backs upheave Into the clouds. --Milton. 3. The outward or upper part of a thing, as opposed to the inner or lower part; as, the back of the hand, the back of the foot, the back of a hand rail. Methought Love pitying me, when he saw this, Gave me your hands, the backs and palms to kiss. --Donne. 4. The part opposed to the front; the hinder or rear part of a thing; as, the back of a book; the back of an army; the back of a chimney. 5. The part opposite to, or most remote from, that which fronts the speaker or actor; or the part out of sight, or not generally seen; as, the back of an island, of a hill, or of a village. 6. The part of a cutting tool on the opposite side from its edge; as, the back of a knife, or of a saw. 7. A support or resource in reserve. This project Should have a back or second, that might hold, If this should blast in proof. --Shak. 8. (Naut.) The keel and keelson of a ship. 9. (Mining) The upper part of a lode, or the roof of a horizontal underground passage. 10. A garment for the back; hence, clothing. A bak to walken inne by daylight. --Chaucer. {Behind one's back}, when one is absent; without one's knowledge; as, to ridicule a person behind his back. {Full back}, {Half back}, {Quarter back} (Football), players stationed behind those in the front line. {To be or lie on one's back}, to be helpless. {To put}, {or get}, {one's back up}, to assume an attitude of obstinate resistance (from the action of a cat when attacked.). [Colloq.] {To see the back of}, to get rid of. {To turn the back}, to go away; to flee. {To turn the back on one}, to forsake or neglect him.
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Half \Half\ (h[aum]f), a. [AS. healf, half, half; as a noun, half, side, part; akin to OS., OFries., & D. half, G. halb, Sw. half, Dan. halv, Icel. h[be]lfr, Goth. halbs. Cf. {Halve}, {Behalf}.] 1. Consisting of a moiety, or half; as, a half bushel; a half hour; a half dollar; a half view. Note: The adjective and noun are often united to form a compound. 2. Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect; as, a half dream; half knowledge. Assumed from thence a half consent. --Tennyson. {Half ape} (Zo[94]l.), a lemur. {Half back}. (Football) See under 2d {Back}. {Half bent}, the first notch, for the sear point to enter, in the tumbler of a gunlock; the halfcock notch. {Half binding}, a style of bookbinding in which only the back and corners are in leather. {Half boarder}, one who boards in part; specifically, a scholar at a boarding school who takes dinner only. {Half-breadth plan} (Shipbuilding), a horizontal plan of the half a vessel, divided lengthwise, showing the lines. {Half cadence} (Mus.), a cadence on the dominant. {Half cap}, a slight salute with the cap. [Obs.] --Shak. {A half cock}, the position of the cock of a gun when retained by the first notch.
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Half \Half\ (h[aum]f), a. [AS. healf, half, half; as a noun, half, side, part; akin to OS., OFries., & D. half, G. halb, Sw. half, Dan. halv, Icel. h[be]lfr, Goth. halbs. Cf. {Halve}, {Behalf}.] 1. Consisting of a moiety, or half; as, a half bushel; a half hour; a half dollar; a half view. Note: The adjective and noun are often united to form a compound. 2. Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect; as, a half dream; half knowledge. Assumed from thence a half consent. --Tennyson. {Half ape} (Zo[94]l.), a lemur. {Half back}. (Football) See under 2d {Back}. {Half bent}, the first notch, for the sear point to enter, in the tumbler of a gunlock; the halfcock notch. {Half binding}, a style of bookbinding in which only the back and corners are in leather. {Half boarder}, one who boards in part; specifically, a scholar at a boarding school who takes dinner only. {Half-breadth plan} (Shipbuilding), a horizontal plan of the half a vessel, divided lengthwise, showing the lines. {Half cadence} (Mus.), a cadence on the dominant. {Half cap}, a slight salute with the cap. [Obs.] --Shak. {A half cock}, the position of the cock of a gun when retained by the first notch.
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Half \Half\ (h[aum]f), a. [AS. healf, half, half; as a noun, half, side, part; akin to OS., OFries., & D. half, G. halb, Sw. half, Dan. halv, Icel. h[be]lfr, Goth. halbs. Cf. {Halve}, {Behalf}.] 1. Consisting of a moiety, or half; as, a half bushel; a half hour; a half dollar; a half view. Note: The adjective and noun are often united to form a compound. 2. Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect; as, a half dream; half knowledge. Assumed from thence a half consent. --Tennyson. {Half ape} (Zo[94]l.), a lemur. {Half back}. (Football) See under 2d {Back}. {Half bent}, the first notch, for the sear point to enter, in the tumbler of a gunlock; the halfcock notch. {Half binding}, a style of bookbinding in which only the back and corners are in leather. {Half boarder}, one who boards in part; specifically, a scholar at a boarding school who takes dinner only. {Half-breadth plan} (Shipbuilding), a horizontal plan of the half a vessel, divided lengthwise, showing the lines. {Half cadence} (Mus.), a cadence on the dominant. {Half cap}, a slight salute with the cap. [Obs.] --Shak. {A half cock}, the position of the cock of a gun when retained by the first notch.
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Whimbrel \Whim"brel\, n. [Cf. {Whimper}.] (Zo[94]l) Any one of several species of small curlews, especially the European species (Numenius ph[91]opus), called also {Jack curlew}, {half curlew}, {stone curlew}, and {tang whaup}. See Illustration in {Appendix}. {Hudsonian} or, {Eskimo}, {whimbreal}, the Hudsonian curlew.
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Heck \Heck\, n. [See {Hatch} a half door.] [Written also {hack}.] 1. The bolt or latch of a door. [Prov. Eng.] 2. A rack for cattle to feed at. [Prov. Eng.] 3. A door, especially one partly of latticework; -- called also {heck door}. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. 4. A latticework contrivance for catching fish. 5. (Weaving) An apparatus for separating the threads of warps into sets, as they are wound upon the reel from the bobbins, in a warping machine. 6. A bend or winding of a stream. [Prov. Eng.] {Half heck}, the lower half of a door. {Heck board}, the loose board at the bottom or back of a cart. {Heck} {box [or] frame}, that which carries the heck in warping.
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{Half hitch}, a sailor's knot in a rope; half of a clove hitch. {Half hose}, short stockings; socks. {Half measure}, an imperfect or weak line of action. {Half note} (Mus.), a minim, one half of a semibreve. {Half pay}, half of the wages or salary; reduced pay; as, an officer on half pay. {Half price}, half the ordinary price; or a price much reduced. {Half round}. (a) (Arch.) A molding of semicircular section. (b) (Mech.) Having one side flat and the other rounded; -- said of a file. {Half shift} (Mus.), a position of the hand, between the open position and the first shift, in playing on the violin and kindred instruments. See {Shift}. {Half step} (Mus.), a semitone; the smallest difference of pitch or interval, used in music. {Half tide}, the time or state of the tide equally distant from ebb and flood. {Half time}, half the ordinary time for work or attendance; as, the half-time system. {Half tint} (Fine Arts), a middle or intermediate tint, as in drawing or painting. See {Demitint}. {Half truth}, a statement only partially true, or which gives only a part of the truth. --Mrs. Browning. {Half year}, the space of six months; one term of a school when there are two terms in a year.
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Sea \Sea\, n. [OE. see, AS. s[aemac]; akin to D. zee, OS. & OHG. s[emac]o, G. see, OFries. se, Dan. s[94], Sw. sj[94], Icel. s[91]r, Goth. saiws, and perhaps to L. saevus firce, savage. [root] 151 a.] 1. One of the larger bodies of salt water, less than an ocean, found on the earth's surface; a body of salt water of second rank, generally forming part of, or connecting with, an ocean or a larger sea; as, the Mediterranean Sea; the Sea of Marmora; the North Sea; the Carribean Sea. 2. An inland body of water, esp. if large or if salt or brackish; as, the Caspian Sea; the Sea of Aral; sometimes, a small fresh-water lake; as, the Sea of Galilee. 3. The ocean; the whole body of the salt water which covers a large part of the globe. I marvel how the fishes live in the sea. --Shak. Ambiguous between sea and land The river horse and scaly crocodile. --Milton. 4. The swell of the ocean or other body of water in a high wind; motion of the water's surface; also, a single wave; a billow; as, there was a high sea after the storm; the vessel shipped a sea. 5. (Jewish Antiq.) A great brazen laver in the temple at Jerusalem; -- so called from its size. He made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof. --2 Chron. iv. 2. 6. Fig.: Anything resembling the sea in vastness; as, a sea of glory. --Shak. All the space . . . was one sea of heads. --Macaulay. Note: Sea is often used in the composition of words of obvious signification; as, sea-bathed, sea-beaten, sea-bound, sea-bred, sea-circled, sealike, sea-nursed, sea-tossed, sea-walled, sea-worn, and the like. It is also used either adjectively or in combination with substantives; as, sea bird, sea-bird, or seabird, sea acorn, or sea-acorn. {At sea}, upon the ocean; away from land; figuratively, without landmarks for guidance; lost; at the mercy of circumstances. [bd]To say the old man was at sea would be too feeble an expression.[b8] --G. W. Cable {At full sea} at the height of flood tide; hence, at the height. [bd]But now God's mercy was at full sea.[b8] --Jer. Taylor. {Beyond seas}, [or] {Beyond the sea} [or] {the seas} (Law), out of the state, territory, realm, or country. --Wharton. {Half seas over}, half drunk. [Colloq.] --Spectator. {Heavy sea}, a sea in which the waves run high. {Long sea}, a sea characterized by the uniform and steady motion of long and extensive waves. {Short sea}, a sea in which the waves are short, broken, and irregular, so as to produce a tumbling or jerking motion. {To go to sea}, a adopt the calling or occupation of a sailor.
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Half seas over \Half" seas` o`ver\ Half drunk. [Slang: used only predicatively.] --Spectator.
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{Half hitch}, a sailor's knot in a rope; half of a clove hitch. {Half hose}, short stockings; socks. {Half measure}, an imperfect or weak line of action. {Half note} (Mus.), a minim, one half of a semibreve. {Half pay}, half of the wages or salary; reduced pay; as, an officer on half pay. {Half price}, half the ordinary price; or a price much reduced. {Half round}. (a) (Arch.) A molding of semicircular section. (b) (Mech.) Having one side flat and the other rounded; -- said of a file. {Half shift} (Mus.), a position of the hand, between the open position and the first shift, in playing on the violin and kindred instruments. See {Shift}. {Half step} (Mus.), a semitone; the smallest difference of pitch or interval, used in music. {Half tide}, the time or state of the tide equally distant from ebb and flood. {Half time}, half the ordinary time for work or attendance; as, the half-time system. {Half tint} (Fine Arts), a middle or intermediate tint, as in drawing or painting. See {Demitint}. {Half truth}, a statement only partially true, or which gives only a part of the truth. --Mrs. Browning. {Half year}, the space of six months; one term of a school when there are two terms in a year.
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Jacksnipe \Jack"snipe`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small European snipe ({Limnocryptes gallinula}); -- called also {judcock}, {jedcock}, {juddock}, {jed}, and {half snipe}. (b) A small American sandpiper ({Tringa maculata}); -- called also {pectoral sandpiper}, and {grass snipe}.
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Snipe \Snipe\, n. [OE. snipe; akin to D. snep, snip, LG. sneppe, snippe, G. schnepfe, Icel. sn[c6]pa (in comp.), Dan. sneppe, Sw. sn[84]ppa a sanpiper, and possibly to E. snap. See {Snap}, {Snaffle}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family {Scolopacid[91]}, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak. Note: The common, or whole, snipe ({Gallinago c[oe]lestis}) and the great, or double, snipe ({G. major}), are the most important European species. The Wilson's snipe ({G. delicata}) (sometimes erroneously called English snipe) and the gray snipe, or dowitcher ({Macrohamphus griseus}), are well-known American species. 2. A fool; a blockhead. [R.] --Shak. {Half snipe}, the dunlin; the jacksnipe. {Jack snipe}. See {Jacksnipe}. {Quail snipe}. See under {Quail}. {Robin snipe}, the knot. {Sea snipe}. See in the Vocabulary. {Shore snipe}, any sandpiper. {Snipe hawk}, the marsh harrier. [Prov. Eng.] {Stone snipe}, the tattler. {Summer snipe}, the dunlin; the green and the common European sandpipers. {Winter snipe}. See {Rock snipe}, under {Rock}. {Woodcock snipe}, the great snipe.
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Jacksnipe \Jack"snipe`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small European snipe ({Limnocryptes gallinula}); -- called also {judcock}, {jedcock}, {juddock}, {jed}, and {half snipe}. (b) A small American sandpiper ({Tringa maculata}); -- called also {pectoral sandpiper}, and {grass snipe}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Snipe \Snipe\, n. [OE. snipe; akin to D. snep, snip, LG. sneppe, snippe, G. schnepfe, Icel. sn[c6]pa (in comp.), Dan. sneppe, Sw. sn[84]ppa a sanpiper, and possibly to E. snap. See {Snap}, {Snaffle}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family {Scolopacid[91]}, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak. Note: The common, or whole, snipe ({Gallinago c[oe]lestis}) and the great, or double, snipe ({G. major}), are the most important European species. The Wilson's snipe ({G. delicata}) (sometimes erroneously called English snipe) and the gray snipe, or dowitcher ({Macrohamphus griseus}), are well-known American species. 2. A fool; a blockhead. [R.] --Shak. {Half snipe}, the dunlin; the jacksnipe. {Jack snipe}. See {Jacksnipe}. {Quail snipe}. See under {Quail}. {Robin snipe}, the knot. {Sea snipe}. See in the Vocabulary. {Shore snipe}, any sandpiper. {Snipe hawk}, the marsh harrier. [Prov. Eng.] {Stone snipe}, the tattler. {Summer snipe}, the dunlin; the green and the common European sandpipers. {Winter snipe}. See {Rock snipe}, under {Rock}. {Woodcock snipe}, the great snipe.
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Step \Step\, n. [AS. st[91]pe. See {Step}, v. i.] 1. An advance or movement made by one removal of the foot; a pace. 2. A rest, or one of a set of rests, for the foot in ascending or descending, as a stair, or a round of a ladder. The breadth of every single step or stair should be never less than one foot. --Sir H. Wotton. 3. The space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running; as, one step is generally about three feet, but may be more or less. Used also figuratively of any kind of progress; as, he improved step by step, or by steps. To derive two or three general principles of motion from phenomena, and afterwards to tell us how the properties and actions of all corporeal things follow from those manifest principles, would be a very great step in philosophy. --Sir I. Newton. 4. A small space or distance; as, it is but a step. 5. A print of the foot; a footstep; a footprint; track. 6. Gait; manner of walking; as, the approach of a man is often known by his step. 7. Proceeding; measure; action; an act. The reputation of a man depends on the first steps he makes in the world. --Pope. Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day, Live till to-morrow, will have passed away. --Cowper. I have lately taken steps . . . to relieve the old gentleman's distresses. --G. W. Cable. 8. pl. Walk; passage. Conduct my steps to find the fatal tree. --Dryden. 9. pl. A portable framework of stairs, much used indoors in reaching to a high position. 10. (Naut.) In general, a framing in wood or iron which is intended to receive an upright shaft; specif., a block of wood, or a solid platform upon the keelson, supporting the heel of the mast. 11. (Mach.) (a) One of a series of offsets, or parts, resembling the steps of stairs, as one of the series of parts of a cone pulley on which the belt runs. (b) A bearing in which the lower extremity of a spindle or a vertical shaft revolves. 12. (Mus.) The intervak between two contiguous degrees of the csale. Note: The word tone is often used as the name of this interval; but there is evident incongruity in using tone for indicating the interval between tones. As the word scale is derived from the Italian scala, a ladder, the intervals may well be called steps. 13. (Kinematics) A change of position effected by a motion of translation. --W. K. Clifford. {Back step}, {Half step}, etc. See under {Back}, {Half}, etc. {Step grate}, a form of grate for holding fuel, in which the bars rise above one another in the manner of steps. {To take steps}, to take action; to move in a matter.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Half hitch}, a sailor's knot in a rope; half of a clove hitch. {Half hose}, short stockings; socks. {Half measure}, an imperfect or weak line of action. {Half note} (Mus.), a minim, one half of a semibreve. {Half pay}, half of the wages or salary; reduced pay; as, an officer on half pay. {Half price}, half the ordinary price; or a price much reduced. {Half round}. (a) (Arch.) A molding of semicircular section. (b) (Mech.) Having one side flat and the other rounded; -- said of a file. {Half shift} (Mus.), a position of the hand, between the open position and the first shift, in playing on the violin and kindred instruments. See {Shift}. {Half step} (Mus.), a semitone; the smallest difference of pitch or interval, used in music. {Half tide}, the time or state of the tide equally distant from ebb and flood. {Half time}, half the ordinary time for work or attendance; as, the half-time system. {Half tint} (Fine Arts), a middle or intermediate tint, as in drawing or painting. See {Demitint}. {Half truth}, a statement only partially true, or which gives only a part of the truth. --Mrs. Browning. {Half year}, the space of six months; one term of a school when there are two terms in a year.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Halfbeak \Half"beak`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any slender, marine fish of the genus {Hemirhamphus}, having the upper jaw much shorter than the lower; -- called also {balahoo}.
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Half-caste \Half"-caste`\, n. One born of a European parent on the one side, and of a Hindoo or Mohammedan on the other. Also adjective; as, half-caste parents.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Half-clammed \Half"-clammed`\, a. Half-filled. [Obs.] Lions' half-clammed entrails roar food. --Marston.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Halfcock \Half"cock`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Halfcocked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Halfcocking}.] To set the cock of (a firearm) at the first notch. {To go off halfcocked}. (a) To be discharged prematurely, or with the trigger at half cock; -- said of a firearm. (b) To do or say something without due thought or care. [Colloq. or Low]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Halfcock \Half"cock`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Halfcocked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Halfcocking}.] To set the cock of (a firearm) at the first notch. {To go off halfcocked}. (a) To be discharged prematurely, or with the trigger at half cock; -- said of a firearm. (b) To do or say something without due thought or care. [Colloq. or Low]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Halfcock \Half"cock`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Halfcocked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Halfcocking}.] To set the cock of (a firearm) at the first notch. {To go off halfcocked}. (a) To be discharged prematurely, or with the trigger at half cock; -- said of a firearm. (b) To do or say something without due thought or care. [Colloq. or Low]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Half-cracked \Half"-cracked`\, a. Half-demented; half-witted. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Half-faced \Half"-faced`\, a. Showing only part of the face; wretched looking; meager. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Half-fish \Half"-fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A salmon in its fifth year of growth. [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Halfpace \Half"pace`\, n. (Arch.) A platform of a staircase where the stair turns back in exactly the reverse direction of the lower flight. See {Quarterpace}. Note: This term and quartepace are rare or unknown in the United States, {platform} or {landing} being used instead.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Half-pike \Half"-pike`\, n. (Mil.) A short pike, sometimes carried by officers of infantry, sometimes used in boarding ships; a spontoon. --Tatler.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Half-sighted \Half"-sight`ed\, a. Seeing imperfectly; having weak discernment. --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Half-sister \Half"-sis`ter\, n. A sister by one parent only.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Half-strained \Half"-strained`\, a. Half-bred; imperfect. [R.] [bd]A half-strained villain.[b8] --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Half-sword \Half"-sword`\, n. Half the length of a sword; close fight. [bd]At half-sword.[b8] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Halfway \Half"way`\, a. Equally distant from the extremes; situated at an intermediate point; midway. {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 house}, an inn or place of call midway on a journey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Halfway \Half"way`\, a. Equally distant from the extremes; situated at an intermediate point; midway. {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 house}, an inn or place of call midway on a journey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Halpace \Hal"pace\, n. (Arch.) See {Haut pas}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Halves \Halves\, n., pl. of {Half}. {By halves}, by one half at once; halfway; fragmentarily; partially; incompletely. I can not believe by halves; either I have faith, or I have it not. --J. H. Newman. {To go halves}. See under {Go}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Half \Half\, n.; pl. {Halves}. [AS. healf. See {Half}, a.] 1. Part; side; behalf. [Obs.] --Wyclif. The four halves of the house. --Chaucer. 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. Not half his riches known, and yet despised. --Milton. A friendship so complete Portioned in halves between us. --Tennyson. {Better half}. See under {Better}. {In half}, in two; an expression sometimes used improperly instead of in [or] into halves; as, to cut in half. [Colloq.] --Dickens. {In, [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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Heelpiece \Heel"piece`\, n. 1. A piece of armor to protect the heels. --Chesterfield. 2. A piece of leather fixed on the heel of a shoe. 3. The end. [bd]The heelpiece of his book.[b8] --Lloyd.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Heelpost \Heel"post`\, n. 1. (Naut.) The post supporting the outer end of a propeller shaft. 2. (Carp.) The post to which a gate or door is hinged. 3. (Engineering) The quoin post of a lock gate.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Office \Of"fice\, n. [F., fr. L. officium, for opificium; ops ability, wealth, holp + facere to do or make. See {Opulent}, {Fact}.] 1. That which a person does, either voluntarily or by appointment, for, or with reference to, others; customary duty, or a duty that arises from the relations of man to man; as, kind offices, pious offices. I would I could do a good office between you. --Shak. 2. A special duty, trust, charge, or position, conferred by authority and for a public purpose; a position of trust or authority; as, an executive or judical office; a municipal office. 3. A charge or trust, of a sacred nature, conferred by God himself; as, the office of a priest under the old dispensation, and that of the apostles in the new. Inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office. --Rom. xi. 13. 4. That which is performed, intended, or assigned to be done, by a particular thing, or that which anything is fitted to perform; a function; -- answering to duty in intelligent beings. They [the eyes] resign their office and their light. --Shak. Hesperus, whose office is to bring Twilight upon the earth. --Milton. In this experiment the several intervals of the teeth of the comb do the office of so many prisms. --Sir I. Newton. 5. The place where a particular kind of business or service for others is transacted; a house or apartment in which public officers and others transact business; as, the register's office; a lawyer's office. 6. The company or corporation, or persons collectively, whose place of business is in an office; as, I have notified the office. 7. pl. The apartments or outhouses in which the domestics discharge the duties attached to the service of a house, as kitchens, pantries, stables, etc. [Eng.] As for the offices, let them stand at distance. --Bacon. 8. (Eccl.) Any service other than that of ordination and the Mass; any prescribed religious service. This morning was read in the church, after the office was done, the declaration setting forth the late conspiracy against the king's person. --Evelyn. {Holy office}. Same as {Inquisition}, n., 3. {Houses of office}. Same as def. 7 above. --Chaucer. {Little office} (R.C.Ch.), an office recited in honor of the Virgin Mary. {Office bearer}, an officer; one who has a specific office or duty to perform. {Office copy} (Law), an authenticated or certified copy of a record, from the proper office. See {Certified copies}, under {Copy}. --Abbott. {Office-found} (Law), the finding of an inquest of office. See under {Inquest}. {Office holder}. See {Officeholder} in the Vocabulary
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Holy \Ho"ly\, a. [Compar. {Holier}; superl. {Holiest}.] [OE. holi, hali, AS. h[be]lig, fr. h[91]l health, salvation, happiness, fr. h[be]l whole, well; akin to OS. h[?]lag, D. & G. heilig, OHG. heilac, Dan. hellig, Sw. helig, Icel. heilagr. See {Whole}, and cf. {Halibut}, {Halidom}, {Hallow}, {Hollyhock}.] 1. Set apart to the service or worship of God; hallowed; sacred; reserved from profane or common use; holy vessels; a holy priesthood. [bd]Holy rites and solemn feasts.[b8] --Milton. 2. Spiritually whole or sound; of unimpaired innocence and virtue; free from sinful affections; pure in heart; godly; pious; irreproachable; guiltless; acceptable to God. Now through her round of holy thought The Church our annual steps has brought. --Keble. {Holy Alliance} (Hist.), a league ostensibly for conserving religion, justice, and peace in Europe, but really for repressing popular tendencies toward constitutional government, entered into by Alexander I. of Russia, Francis I. of Austria, and Frederic William III. of Prussia, at Paris, on the 26th of September, 1815, and subsequently joined by all the sovereigns of Europe, except the pope and the king of England. {Holy bark}. See {Cascara sagrada}. {Holy Communion}. See {Eucharist}. {Holy family} (Art), a picture in which the infant Christ, his parents, and others of his family are represented. {Holy Father}, a title of the pope. {Holy Ghost} (Theol.),the third person of the Trinity; the Comforter; the Paraclete. {Holy Grail}. See {Grail}. {Holy grass} (Bot.), a sweet-scented grass ({Hierochloa borealis} and {H. alpina}). In the north of Europe it was formerly strewed before church doors on saints' days; whence the name. It is common in the northern and western parts of the United States. Called also {vanilla, [or] Seneca, grass}. {Holy Innocents' day}, Childermas day. {Holy Land}, Palestine, the birthplace of Christianity. {Holy office}, the Inquisition. {Holy of holies} (Script.), the innermost apartment of the Jewish tabernacle or temple, where the ark was kept, and where no person entered, except the high priest once a year. {Holy One}. (a) The Supreme Being; -- so called by way of emphasis. [bd] The Holy One of Israel.[b8] --Is. xliii. 14. (b) One separated to the service of God. {Holy orders}. See {Order}. {Holy rood}, the cross or crucifix, particularly one placed, in churches. over the entrance to the chancel. {Holy rope}, a plant, the hemp agrimony. {Holy Saturday} (Eccl.), the Saturday immediately preceding the festival of Easter; the vigil of Easter. {Holy Spirit}, same as {Holy Ghost} (above). {Holy Spirit plant}. See {Dove plant}. {Holy thistle} (Bot.), the blessed thistle. See under {Thistle}. {Holy Thursday}. (Eccl.) (a) (Episcopal Ch.) Ascension day. (b) (R. C. Ch.) The Thursday in Holy Week; Maundy Thursday. {Holy war}, a crusade; an expedition carried on by Christians against the Saracens in the Holy Land, in the eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth centuries, for the possession of the holy places.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Piping \Pip"ing\ (p[imac]p"[icr]ng), a. [From {Pipe}, v.] 1. Playing on a musical pipe. [bd]Lowing herds and piping swains.[b8] --Swift. 2. Peaceful; favorable to, or characterized by, the music of the pipe rather than of the drum and fife. --Shak. 3. Emitting a high, shrill sound. 4. Simmering; boiling; sizzling; hissing; -- from the sound of boiling fluids. {Piping crow}, {Piping crow shrike}, {Piping roller} (Zo[94]l.), any Australian bird of the genus {Gymnorhina}, esp. {G. tibicen}, which is black and white, and the size of a small crow. Called also {caruck}. {Piping frog} (Zo[94]l.), a small American tree frog ({Hyla Pickeringii}) which utters a high, shrill note in early spring. {Piping hot}, boiling hot; hissing hot; very hot. [Colloq.] --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Hylodes \[d8]Hy*lo"des\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] woody, wooded, muddy; [?] a wood + [?] form.] (Zo[94]l.) The piping frog ({Hyla Pickeringii}), a small American tree frog, which in early spring, while breeding in swamps and ditches, sings with high, shrill, but musical, notes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hylophagous \Hyloph"agous\, a. [Gr. [?] wood + [?] to eat.] (Zo[94]l.) Eating green shoots, as certain insects do.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Halfway House, PA (CDP, FIPS 32024) Location: 40.28186 N, 75.64365 W Population (1990): 1415 (531 housing units) Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Halifax, MA Zip code(s): 02338 Halifax, NC (town, FIPS 28920) Location: 36.32524 N, 77.59000 W Population (1990): 327 (138 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 27839 Halifax, PA (borough, FIPS 32032) Location: 40.46500 N, 76.93344 W Population (1990): 911 (396 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 17032 Halifax, VA (town, FIPS 34064) Location: 36.76541 N, 78.93237 W Population (1990): 688 (303 housing units) Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 24558
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Halifax County, NC (county, FIPS 83) Location: 36.25637 N, 77.65629 W Population (1990): 55516 (22480 housing units) Area: 1878.9 sq km (land), 14.3 sq km (water) Halifax County, VA (county, FIPS 83) Location: 36.76668 N, 78.93831 W Population (1990): 29033 (11790 housing units) Area: 2107.7 sq km (land), 26.6 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Hollybush, KY Zip code(s): 41823
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
hello packet An {OSPF} {packet} sent periodically on each {network interface}, real or {virtual}, to discover and test connections to neighbours. Hello packets are multicast on physical networks capable of {multicasting} or {broadcasting} to enable dynamic {router} discovery. They include the parameters that routers connected to a common network must agree on. Hello packets increase network resilience by, e.g., allowing a router to establish a secondary connection when a primary connection fails. (1999-11-02)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Helps (1 Cor. 12:28) may refer to help (i.e., by interpretation) given to him who speaks with tongues, or more probably simply help which Christians can render to one another, such as caring for the poor and needy, etc.