half tide

Half the duration of a single tide: the state of the tide when half-way between flood and ebb. Half-tide dock : A basin connecting two or more docks, and communicating with the entrance basin. IMG:content-0918.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0919.png:[blocks in formation] A. As adv.: At a point intermediate between two other points; in the middle; midway. B. As adj .: Situated half way, or at a point intermediate between two other points; equidistant from two extremes; as, a half - way house. half-wise, a. Not quite of sound intellect; silly; half-witted. "Consider, Johnny's but half-wise." Words worth: Idiot Boy.