halfer ( l silent)

[Eng. half; -er.] *I. Ordinary Language : 1. One who divides anything in halves. 2. One who po e es only a half or moiety; a partner. "That is halfer and com partner with the smoke of this fat world, and with ease, smelleth strong of a foul and false way."-Rutherford: Letters , ep. 173. 3. A waverer. hăl-1-but, hol-1-but, *hăl-li-but, s . [Mid. Eng. hali holy, and butte =a flounder; Dut. heilbot , helbut , from heilig holy, and bot a plaice; Ger. heilbutt , heiligebutte , hellbutt , hellebutt , helligbutt : heilig holy, and butt a flounder. So named because it was commonly eaten on holidays.] Ichthy.: Hippo glo us vulgar is , one of the Pleuronectide (Flat Fishes). It is a fish much akin to IMG:content-0921.png:[blocks in formation] Zool .: A genus of Phocide (Seals). Halichœrus gryphus is the Gray Seal, found on the coast of Ireland, but more abundantly in Green land.