DEMI , a prefix, Fr. demi from the Latin Dimidium, signifies half. It is used only in composition.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
A prefix, signifying half.
A half-brigade.
In music, an imperfect cadence, or one that falls on any other than the key note.
A cannon of different sizes; the lowest carries a ball of thirty pounds weight, and six inches diameter; the ordinary is twelve feet long, and carries a shot of six inches and one-sixth diameter, and thirty two pounds weight; that of the greatest size is twelve feet long, and carries a ball of six inches and five eighths diameter, and thirty six pounds weight.
An instrument for taking the altitude of the sun and stars.
A large gun, or piece of ordnance; the least is ten feet long, and carries a ball of nine pounds weight and four inches diameter; that of ordinary size carries a ball of four inches and two eighths diameter, and ten pounds eleven ounces in weight; the largest size is ten feet and a third in length, and carries a ball four inches and a half in diameter, and of twelve pounds eleven ounces in weight.
Half a devil.
In fortification, the distance between the outward polygons and the flank.
In music, a minor third.
Half a god; one partaking of the divine nature; a fabulous hero, produced by the cohabitation of a deity with a mortal.
A half-groat.
Peninsula.
A half-moon.
Half a man; a term of reproach.
Having half the nature of another animal.
plural Half-premises.
A note in music, of half the length of the quaver.
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