half blood
1Half blood — Blood Blood (bl[u^]d), n. [OE. blod, blood, AS. bl[=o]d; akin to D. bloed, OHG. bluot, G. blut, Goth. bl[=o][thorn], Icel. bl[=o][eth], Sw. & Dan. blod; prob. fr. the same root as E. blow to bloom. See {Blow} to bloom.] 1. The fluid which… …
2half blood — n: the relation between persons having only one parent in common; also: a person so related to another Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. half blood …
3Half blood — (h[aum]f bl[u^]d ). 1. The relation between persons born of the same father or of the same mother, but not of both; as, a brother or sister of the half blood. See {Blood}, n., 2 and 4. [1913 Webster] 2. A person so related to another. [1913… …
4half-blood — haf bləd, hȧf or half blood·ed bləd əd adj having half blood or being a half blood …
5half-blood — [haf′blud΄] n. [based on the obsolete notion that the blood is the medium of heredity] 1. a person related to another through one parent only ☆ 2. HALF BREED ☆ 3. Animal Husbandry an animal with one parent of poor pedigree in contrast to that of… …
6half-blood — half′ blood n. 1) ant a person who has only one parent in common with another person, as a half sister or half brother 2) pan half breed • Etymology: 1400–50 half′ blood ed, adj …
7half blood — n. 1. kinship through one parent only [sisters of the half blood] 2. HALF BLOOD …
8half blood — n 1) the relation between persons having only one parent in common 2) a person so related to another …
9half blood — half′ blood n. ant the relation between persons having only one common parent • Etymology: 1545–55 …
10half-blood|ed — «HAF BLUHD ihd, HAHF », adjective. 1. having parents of different races. 2. related through one parent only. 3. (of animals) born of one parent of blooded stock and one of poor stock …
