Alternative spelling of half dozen

(architecture) Of a building: constructed using a load-bearing timber frame with the spaces (panels) between the timbers filled with bricks, stone, or wattle and daub, etc. (the infill), especially if the timber frame is visible on the outside of the building.

(US) The building that houses a village's government. / (US, figuratively) A village government.

Much depends on the beginning of an endeavor.

Alternative form of halfheartedly

(informal, idiomatic) A moderate inclination.

(Canada, US) A class period, usually in boarding school or high school, where students are afforded the time for independent study and homework assignments, as part of the curriculum or after hours, the last notably as a punishment called detention.

plural of half rest

(music) A pause or interval of silence equal in duration to two quarter rests or one half of a whole rest. In common or 4/4 time, its duration is two beats.

Alternative spelling of half hitch