| 单词 | of half blood |
| 释义 | > as lemmasof (the) half blood b. of (the) half blood: = half-blood n. 1. Cf. quarter-blood n. at quarter n. Compounds 4.of the whole blood: see whole blood n. 1. Cf. full-blood adj. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > [noun] > relative by half-blood of (the) half blood1697 half-blood1848 the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > mixed race > [noun] > person mongrel1542 of (the) half blood1697 half-caste1758 half-breed1760 lip-lap1798 quarter-breed1821 half-blood1826 half-and-half1827 quarter-blood1827 quarter-caste1859 mixed blooda1862 brown1862 miscegen1864 yellowbelly1867 breed1870 redbone1890 miscegenate1898 high yellow1910 samba1958 lightie1991 1697 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ I. i. viii. 43 The distinction..between those of the whole, and those of the half Blood of Athens. 1875 K. E. Digby Introd. Hist. Law Real Prop. x. 341 The half-blood, if descended from a common male ancestor, is to take next after any relation in the same degree of the whole blood. 1994 M. M. Mahoney Stepfamilies & Law iii. 59 C-1 and C-2 are siblings of the whole blood, because they had the same parents; C-1 and C-3 are siblings of the half blood, because they had different fathers. of (also by) (the) half blood 1. The state or fact of having one parent in common with another person; the relationship between people having one parent in common. Usually in of (also by) (the) half blood: by inheritance or descent from one parent only; (formerly also occasionally) †having parents of different races or nationalities; of mixed descent (obsolete). Cf. of the full blood at full-blood n. 1, of the whole blood at whole blood n. 1a. Now somewhat dated.Formerly (esp. in legal contexts) occasionally also denoting a relationship between people with one common (recent) ancestor, e.g. a grandparent. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > sibling > [noun] > having one parent in common > relationship of half-blood1553 1445–6 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Feb. 1445 §26. m. 9 No maner Walssh man of hole blode, ne half blode on the fader side..be made denisen or Englissh. ?1535 C. St. German Answere Let. vi. sig. E.viv The grounde of the lawe is, that one of the halfe blode shall neuer be heyre to him that he is but of ye half blode vnto. 1553 Lett. Patent Edw. VI 16 June in Chron. Queen Jane & Queen Mary (1850) 93 For that the said Lady Mary and Lady Elizabeth be unto us but of the halfe bloud. 1609 T. Egerton Speech Lord Chancellor (new ed.) 36 No respect of Halfe Blood. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State ii. xx. 129 What, is a brother by the half bloud no kinne? 1697 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ I. i. viii. 43 The distinction..between those of the whole, and those of the half Blood of Athens. 1729 in G. Lamoine Charges to Grand Jury (1992) 273 Besides..she was but Sister by the Half Blood of K. Edward VI and so could not Inherit as Heir to him. 1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. xiv. 227 He is only his brother of the half blood, and for that reason they shall never inherit to each other. 1826 H. N. Coleridge Six Months W. Indies 147 That rich oriental olive which distinguishes the haughty offspring of the half blood of French or Spaniards. 1858 Ld. St. Leonards Handy Bk. Prop. Law x. 64 The brother of the half-blood, on the part of the father, will inherit next after the sisters of the whole blood on the part of the father and their issue. 1922 Daily Herald (Adelaide) 19 Oct. 5/4 He directed..that none of his relatives by half-blood should attend his funeral. 1969 Ontario Rep. II. 882 One nephew and one of the two nieces of the full-blood now appeal seeking to exclude those of the half-blood from taking under the residuary clause. 1994 M. M. Mahoney Stepfamilies & Law iii. 59 C-1 and C-3 are siblings of the half blood, because they had different fathers. < as lemmas |
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