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Half.-Bloop- is no' impedimenj: t,o,descents.* of. fee-, 
ffmple lands, of the crown, or to dignities, or in dcfcent- 
of eftates tail: but. in other qaies it is an, impediment. 
Adminiftration is 'g'raptabje to the, hajf-blopd of the de- 
ceafed, as vvcil as to' the' \y.hp,le-Jj> 1 ld,jqd,i' ; V?4 half-bipod; 
Hi a 11 cdme in for of.'ap .'iij£efta,te’s,pegl$pai e.ftate, 
equally with the whole-blood, they bpng ne,x,t of kin, 
in'equal degree. Stat. 22 Car. 11. c. iq, .See r itiie article. 
Descent, vcl.v. p. 755.. 
HALF-BLOODED, adj. Mean ; degenerate : „ 
The let alone lies not in your good will. 
--—Nor in thine, lord. 
—Haif -blooded, fellow:, yes. ... . Shahcfpeare. 
HALF-BLOOM, / Among miners, a round rpafs.of 
metal, which combs but of the finery of'an! iron work;. 
HALF-BOWL, / An old Britilh game, and one of 
thofe which were prohibited by Edward IV. It received 
its'denomination from being played with one half of a 
fphere of wood. Half-bowl is pradtifed to this day in 
Hertford (hir-ej where it is commonly calledj roleyfpley ,.; 
and it is beft performed upon the floor.of a rood, efpe- 
cially if it be fmooth and-level. There are fifteen fmall 
pins of a conical form 1 required for this paftime; twelve 
of which are placed at equal diftances upon the circum¬ 
ference of a circle.of two feet and a half' diameter; one 
of the three remaining, pins occupies the qentr.e; and 
the other two are placed without the circle at the ba.cic 
part of it, and parallel with the bowling-place:, but fo 
as to be in a line with the-middle pin, forming a row of 
five pins, including- two o,f thofe upon the circumference. 
In playing this g'aifie, the bowl, when delivered, mtili 
pafs abov<- the pins, and round the end-pin, without the 
circle, before it beats any of them dow>n ; if not, the cad: 
is forfeited : and, owing to the great bias of the bowl, 
this talk is not very readily performed by fuchas have no t 
made themfelves perfect by pradtice. The middle-pin is 
diftinguiflied by four balls at. the top : and, if thrown 
down, is reckoned for four towards the game ; the in¬ 
termediate pin upon the circle, in the row of five, has 
three balls, and is reckoned for three; the firfl; pin with¬ 
out the circle has two balls, and is counted for two ; 
and the value of all the others fingly isfout one. Thirty- 
one chalks complete the game; which he who firft ob¬ 
tains is the .conqueror. 
HALF-BRED, adj. Mongrel; imperfedt; half-ftrain- 
ed. JoknJon. 
HALF-BROTHER, /. A brother by the father of 
mother’s fide. 
HALF-CAP,/. Cap imperfedlly put off, or faintly 
moved : 
With certain half-caps , and cold moving pods, 
" They froze me into (ilence. Sha/tefpeare. 
H ALF-CASTLE-B AY, a bay on the fouth coaft of 
the ifland of St. Chriftopher: two miles weft of Baffe- 
terre. 
HALF-CROWN,/. A coin valued at two (hillings 
and fixpence. 
HALF-FACED, adj. Showing only part of the face; 
-fmall-faced ; in contempt : 
Proud incvoaching tyranny 
Burns with revenging fire, whofe hopeful colours 
Advance a half faced fun ftrivingTo (hine. Shahefpeare. 
HALF-FILE, /. The three foremoft men of a batta¬ 
lion ; the three hindmoft men of a battalion. 
HALF-GRUNEE-ISLAND, one of the fmaller Shet¬ 
land iflands, in the North Sea : one mile and a half fouth 
from the ifland of Unft. 
HALF-GUINEA, / A gold coin valued at ten (hil¬ 
lings and fixpence. 
HALF-HATCHED, adj. Imperfectly hatched : 
Here, thick as haiiftones, pour. 
Turnips, and half-hatck' , d pggs, a ipingled Jhow’r, 
. Amqiig the rabble train. ' Gay. 
Voi.IX. No. 575. 
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HiAL^-HgARD, adj. I.mperfeCtly heard;; not heard 
to an end.: 
Not added years on years my talk could-clofe : 
Back to-thy-n stive-iflands might’ft thou fail. 
And leave half-heard the melancholy, tale. Pope. •*' 
HALF-HO.Ii'SIEj, adj. Formed half like a.horfe : 
N,or ho,w 111 ’ half-horjie .people, CentaurCs bight, 
Fought witR.thq bloody Lapit.ba.es at b 4 Qrd. Spenfer. 
HAXF-HYDE-BAY, a bay on the weft coaft-of the 
ifland of Antiguan fone mile and a half fouth of Reed 
Point. 
HALF-MA.RK,/ A noble, or fix .(hillings and eigh-i- 
pence in moqey. Biy ou,k. ancient-law, 'if a writ of right 
is brought, and the feifiii Of the plaintiff, or his anceftor, 
be alleged, the feifln is-.nqt traverfeable by. the defend-’ 
ant, but lie muft render the hajf-inark for, the inquiry 
of the feifin : wliich is as much as to fay, that though 
the defendant (hall not be adinitted/tq deny that the 
plaintiff or his ariceftors were feifed of'(He'land in quel- 
tion, and to proye his denial;-yet he may be-allowed* 
to tender half a mark, in money, to have an inquiry 
made, whether the plaintiff, &c. were fo feifed, or not. 
Old. Nat'. Br. 26: But in a writ of advov/fon bfought'by 
the king, the defendant may be permitted fo traverfc 
the feifin, by licence, obtained from the king’s ferieant; 
fo that the defendant (hall not be obliged to proffer the 
half-mark. F. K. B. 31. 
HALF-MOONi,/. Tire moon in its appearance when 
at half increafe or decreafe. Any. thing-in figure of a 
half-moon : 
See how in warlike mufter.they appear, 
In-rhombs, and wedges, and ha f moons,and wings; Milton. 
HALF-MOON,/. I11 fortification, an-outwork having 
only two faces, forming .together a.laliapt. angle, whole' 
gorge is in form of a crefcent. 'See the article Forti¬ 
fication, vol. vii. p. 603. 
HALF-MOON, an ex.tenfive townfhip of the Ameri¬ 
can States,'in Albany county, New York. It contains. 
3606 inhabitants; 563 of which are-qualified eledtors.' 
Waterford, a neat, compadl, thriving town, is fituated 
in this townfhip. 
HALF-MO-ON-B:AY, a bay on the wefifcoaft of the 
ifland of Jamaica : two miles north of Orange Bay. 
HALF-MO.ON-BAY, a bay on the north coaft of 
the ifland of St. Chriftopher : two miles fquth-eaft of 
Ragged Point. 
HALF-MOON-FORT, a fort of the ifland of Barba- 
does : one mile and a half north of Speight’s Town. 
HALF-MOON-KAY, a (mail ifland near the fouth 
coaft of Jamaica : three miles eaft-north-eaft from Port¬ 
land Point. 
HALF-PENNY,/, plural half-pence. A .copper coin, 
of which two make a penny : 
He cheats fox half pence, and he doffs his coat 
To fave a farthing in a ferryboat. Drydert. 
It has the force of an adjective conjoined with any thing 
of which it denotes the price.—There (hall yet be in 
England fov on halfpenny loaves fold fora penny. Skahfp. 
HALF-PIKE, f, The fmall pike carried by officers. 
—The various ways of paying the falute with the half- 
pike. Tatler. \ 
HALF-PINT, /. The fourth part of a quart: 
One half pint bottle ferves them both to dine; 
And is at-once' their vinegar and wine. Pope,.: 
HALF-POUND, J. A weight- of eight ounces ; The 
half of a pound weight. 
HALF-SEAL, /. A form ufed in the chancery, for 
fealing obcommiflions, to delegates, upon any appeal to 
the court of delegates, either in e-cclefiafticyl or marine 
caufos. Stat. 8 Eliz. c. 5,. ‘ 
HALF-SCHOLAR,/ One imperfedlly learned.—We 
have many haffcholars now-a-days., and there is much 
Y y confuiion 
