Vocabulary : Halfpace to Half-timbered

Halfpace : A platform of a staircase where the stair turns back in exactly the reverse direction of the lower flight. See Quarterpace.
Half-pike : A short pike, sometimes carried by officers of infantry, sometimes used in boarding ships; a spontoon.
Half-port : One half of a shutter made in two parts for closing a porthole.
Half-ray : A straight line considered as drawn from a center to an indefinite distance in one direction, the complete ray being the whole line drawn to an indefinite distance in both directions.
Half-read : Informed by insufficient reading; superficial; shallow.

Half-sighted : Seeing imperfectly; having weak discernment.
Half-sister : A sister by one parent only.
Half-strained : Half-bred; imperfect.
Half-sword : Half the length of a sword; close fight.
Half-timbered : Constructed of a timber frame, having the spaces filled in with masonry; -- said of buildings.

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