semicrotchett

[Early mod. E. semie crochet; semi crustaceous (semi-krus-tā'shius), a. Half hard or crusty (and half membranous): said of the fore wings of hemipterous insects. semi-crystalline (sem-i-kris'ta-lin), a. Half or imperfectly crystallized. semi cubical (sem-i-ku'bi-kal), a. Of the degree whose exponent is: now used only in the expre ion semi cubical parabola -that is, a parabola whose equation is y=x. See parabola2. semicubium, semicupium (sem-i-kūʼbi-um, -pium), n. [= It. semicupio, semi- + crotchet .] Same as semi crome. Florio. semi calcareous (semi-kal-kā'rē-us), a. Partly chalky; imperfectly calcareous; approaching chalk in substance or appearance. Compare cor neo calcareous. semi-calcined (sem-i-kal's ind), a. Half-calcined: as, semi - calcined iron.