Pertaining to the halcyon or kingfisher. / (figuratively) Calm, undisturbed, peaceful, serene.

A corridor; a hallway. / A meeting room. / A manor house (originally because a magistrate's court was held in the hall of his mansion). / A building providing student accommodation at a university.

(mineralogy) Native salt; sodium chloride NaCl as a mineral; rock salt. / (chemistry) An oxyanion containing a halogen in the +3 oxidation state.

(dated) Sound, entire, healthy; robust, not impaired.

(archaic) Health, welfare.

To drag or pull, especially forcibly.

The half brother of one's spouse. / The husband of one's half-sibling. / The husband of the half-sibling of one's spouse.

A half-brother of one's parent. / A half brother-in-law of one's parent.

(basketball) The line parallel to the end lines and midway between them.

(basketball) A turnover occurring when the team with possession, having brought the ball over the half-court line causes it to cross back over the line without interference from the other team.