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Half-deck :: Half-deck (n.) A shell of the genus Crepidula; a boat shell. See Boat shell.

Stamp :: Stamp (v. t.) A half-penny.

Squirehood :: Squireen (n.) One who is half squire and half farmer; -- used humorously.

Semihoral :: Semihoral (a.) Half-hourly.

Throw :: Throw (n.) The extreme movement given to a sliding or vibrating reciprocating piece by a cam, crank, eccentric, or the like; travel; stroke; as, the throw of a slide valve. Also, frequently, the length of the radius of a crank, or the eccentricity of an eccentric; as, the throw of the crank of a steam engine is equal to half the stroke of the piston..

Starboard :: Star-blind (a.) Half blind.

Bitartrate :: Bitartrate (n.) A salt of tartaric acid in which the base replaces but half the acid hydrogen; an acid tartrate, as cream of tartar..

Yardarm :: Yardarm (n.) Either half of a square-rigged vessel's yard, from the center or mast to the end..

Dichotomy :: Dichotomy (n.) That phase of the moon in which it appears bisected, or shows only half its disk, as at the quadratures..

Half Blood :: Half blood (n.) A person whose father and mother are of different races; a half-breed.

Half-strained :: Half-strained (a.) Half-bred; imperfect.

Semideistical :: Semideistical (a.) Half deisticsl; bordering on deism.

Hogshead :: Hogshead (n.) An English measure of capacity, containing 63 wine gallons, or about 52/ imperial gallons; a half pipe..

Semiliquid :: Semiliquid (a.) Half liquid; semifluid.

Pint :: Pint (n.) A measure of capacity, equal to half a quart, or four gills, -- used in liquid and dry measures. See Quart..

Bloater :: Bloater (n.) The common herring, esp. when of large size, smoked, and half dried; -- called also bloat herring..

About :: About (adv.) To a reserved position; half round; in the opposite direction; on the opposite tack; as, to face about; to turn one's self about..

Sharp :: Sharp (superl.) Raised a semitone in pitch; as, C sharp (C/), which is a half step, or semitone, higher than C..

Steel :: Steel (n.) A variety of iron intermediate in composition and properties between wrought iron and cast iron (containing between one half of one per cent and one and a half per cent of carbon), and consisting of an alloy of iron with an iron carbide. Steel, unlike wrought iron, can be tempered, and retains magnetism. Its malleability decreases, and fusibility increases, with an increase in carbon..

Slushy :: Slushy (a.) Abounding in slush; characterized by soft mud or half-melted snow; as, the streets are slushy; the snow is slushy..

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