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haler
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noun (haleru)
  1. A unit of currency in Bohemia, Moravia and Slovakia, equalling one-hundredth of a koruna.
adjective
  1. Comparative form of hale.
halfpenny
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noun (see senses for plurals)
  1. (plural: halfpennies) A discontinued British coin worth half of one penny (old or new).
    • Christmas is coming (traditional carol)
    • :If you haven't got a penny, / A ha'penny will do, / If you haven't got a ha'penny, / Then God bless you.
    • (plural: halfpence) An quantity of money worth half a penny.
    • 1599, William Shakespeare, As You Like It (act III, scene 2)
    • :There were none principal; they were all like one another as halfpence are; every one fault seeming monstrous till his fellow fault came to match it.
    • 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair
    • :"If a pound of mutton-candles cost sevenpence-, how much must Dobbin cost?"
adjective (notcomp)
  1. Costing or worth one halfpenny.
    • 1594, William Shakespeare, King Henry VI, Part 2 (act IV, scene 2)
    • :There shall be in England seven loaves sold for a penny; the three-hooped pot shall have ten hoops; and I will make it felony to drink small beer.
Harp
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proper noun
  1. An English surname.
harper
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noun
  1. A harpist.
Head
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proper noun
  1. An English surname.
heads
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noun
  1. (nautical) That part of older sailing ships forward of the forecastle and around the beak, used by the crew as their lavatory; still used as the word for toilets on a ship.
  2. The side of a coin that bears the picture of the head of state or similar
Heads, I win.
verb
  1. (third-person singular of, head)
hub
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noun
  1. The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave
  2. A point where many routes meet and traffic is distributed, dispensed or diverted
Hongkong airport is one of the most important air traffic hubs in Asia.
  1. (computers) a computer networking device connecting several ethernet ports. See switch.
  2. (surveying) A stake with a nail in it, used to mark a temporary point.
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