halfe

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A form of half — One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided.

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Meanings

noun
  1. archaicArchaic spelling of half.

    In 1721 in Berwick, Maine, peddler William Moore sold Daniel Goodwin "a yard and a halfe of Stuff for handcarchiefs," […

    2004 June 4, Harold Henderson, “The Consumer Revolution”, in Chicago Reader
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    […] take a pint of Hippocras, halfe a pound of sweet butter, two or three Nutmeg, little Vinegar, poure it into the Pye in the Oven and let it lye and soake an hour, then take it out, and when it is cold stop the vent hole.

    1658, Anonymous, given as "W. M.", The Compleat Cook
adverbhalfe (not comparable)
  1. archaicnot comparableArchaic spelling of half.

    Frighted with this confused noyse, I rose, And looking from a turret, might behold Yong infants swimming in their parents bloud, Headles carkasses piled vp in heapes, Virgins halfe dead dragged by their golden haire, […].

    1594, Christopher Marlowe, The Tragedy of Dido Queene of Carthage
Cite this entry
APA

halfe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/halfe

MLA

“halfe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/halfe. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “halfe,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/halfe.

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