Half eagle

( Numis.) A gold coin of the United States, of the value of five dollars. Its weight is 639 grains of standard finene , namely oor of pure gold, and 100 of alloy of silver and copper. Hal'fer, n. A male fallow-deer castrated. Half-faced, a. Showing only one half or a part of the face; small-faced;-used contemptuously. "This same half-faced fellow, Shadow."-Shaks. Half-hatched, ( -hatcht ,) a . Only partially incubated; as, "eggs but half - hatched ."-Gay. Half-heard, a. Not heard throughout; heard but imperfectly. "And leave half - heard the melancholy tale."-Pope. Half-hearted, a . Not having true courage or genuine affection; unkind; deficient in generosity. Half-length, a. Containing but one half the length or size of a person; as, a half - length portrait. Half-mast, a . Placed at half the height of a mast, as a flag. (Implying a death on board ship, or used as a mark of mourning.) Half-measure, n. An imperfect plan of operation; IMG:content-0503.png:[blocks in formation] Half-Moon Bay, or Spanish-town, in Cali fornia, a post-village of San Mateo co., about 25 miles S. of San Francisco. Half-Moon Keys, a number of small islands and reefs E. of Portland Point, at the S. extremity of Jamaica, West Indies. Half-note, n. ( Mus . ) A minim, being half a semibreve. Halford, in Alabama , a P. O. of DeKalb co. Half-pace, Haute'pace, Haut'pas, n. ( Arch .) A raised floor in a bay-window. Half-part, n. The half of anything; an equal share IMG:content-0504.png:[blocks in formation] penny. "Oh, monstrous: but one halfpennyworth of bread to this intolerable deal of sack!"-Shaks. Half-way, in New York , a P. O. of Onondaga co. Half-way, in Oregon , a P. O. of Union co. Half-way Prairie, in Iowa , a village and former post-office of Monroe co. Half-wit, n. A numskull; a dolt; a blockhead; a silly person. Half-witted, a. Weak in intellect; silly; dull in understanding. Half-year, n . The period of six months. Half-yearly, a. Semi-annual; two in a year. -adv . Semi-annually; twice in a year; as, the dividends are payable half-yearly.