past participle of do by half-measures

Alternative form of do by halves

(figuratively) To listen distractedly, without paying attention.

A neighborhood of Kingston, Jamaica generally considered as the city's central hub; it is also the parish capital of St. Andrew parish.

(UK, military, historical, slang) The 50th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot.

the thickness of a given shielding material required to halve a given type of radiation

(UK, military, slang, historical) The 50th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot.

(of text) Formatted so that there is one half of a blank line between each line of text

plural of half-silvered mirror

(optics) A mirror that consists of an incomplete reflective coating, so that half of the incident light is reflected and the other half is transmitted.