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half-line

[ haf-lahyn, hahf- ]

/ ˈhæfˌlaɪn, ˈhɑf- /

noun Mathematics.

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transliterate

to remove or destroy all traces of.

to change (letters, words, etc.), into corresponding characters of another alphabet or language.

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Origin of half-line

First recorded in 1910–15

Words nearby half-line

half-lap joint, half-leather, half-length, half-life, half-light, half-line, half-liter, half-long, half-mad, half-marathon, half-mast

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Example sentences from the Web for half-line

Whether the half-line be first or second, it is usually of the A type without anacrusis.
Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book|C. Alphonso Smith
Whether the number of accents in the second half-line was ever diminished to two, may be doubted.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 3 (of 7)|Geoffrey Chaucer
Type E inverts the rhythm of D, as in the half-line "gylp-wordum spræc."
English Verse|Raymond MacDonald Alden, Ph.D.
Every normal line of Old English poetry has four primary accents, two in the first half-line and two in the second half-line.
Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book|C. Alphonso Smith

It is also the only alliterating syllable in the second half-line.
Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book|C. Alphonso Smith

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