[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

half \half\ haumf, n.; pl. halves haumvz. as. healf.
   see half, a.
   1. part; side; behalf. obs. --wyclif.
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            the four halves of the house.         --chaucer.
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   2. one of two equal parts into which anything may be divided,
      or considered as divided; -- sometimes followed by of; as,
      a half of an apple.
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            not half his riches known, and yet despised.
                                                  --milton.
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            a friendship so complete
            portioned in halves between us.       --tennyson.
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   better half. see under better.

   in half, in two; an expression sometimes used improperly
      instead of in halves or into halves; as, to cut in
      half. colloq. --dickens.

   in one's half or on one's half, in one's behalf; on one's
      part. obs.

   to cry halves, to claim an equal share with another.

   to go halves, to share equally between two.
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see also:
halves half better half better in half in halves 
into halves in one's half on one's half to cry halves to go halves 

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