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Webster 1913 Edition

Half-heard

Half′-heardˊ

(-hẽrdˊ)

,

Adj.

Imperfectly or partly heard; not heard to the end.

And leave

half-heard

the melancholy tale.

Pope.

Webster 1828 Edition

Half-heard

H`ALF-HEARD

,

Adj.

Imperfectly heard; not heard to the end.

And leave half-heard the melancholy tale.