Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Halved"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Halve \Halve\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Halved}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Halving}.] [From {Half}.]
1. To divide into two equal parts; as, to halve an apple; to
be or form half of.

So far apart their lives are thrown From the twin
soul that halves their own. --M. Arnold.

2. (Arch.) To join, as two pieces of timber, by cutting away
each for half its thickness at the joining place, and
fitting together.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Halved \Halved\, a.
Appearing as if one side, or one half, were cut away;
dimidiate.


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