Definition of Half-seas-over

1. Adjective. British informal for 'intoxicated'.

Similar to: Drunk, Inebriated, Intoxicated

Lexicographical Neighbors of Half-seas-over

half-nobles
half-open
half-open interval
half-past
half-pay
half-pint
half-pints
half-pipe
half-pipes
half-price
half-ray
half-rays
half-reaction
half-reactions
half-relief
half-seas-over (current term)
half-shower
half-showers
half-sibling
half-siblings
half-sister
half-sisters
half-size
half-slip
half-staff
half-standard
half-step
half-steps
half-term
half-tetrad analysis

Literary usage of Half-seas-over

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Voyage Alone in the Yawl "Rob Roy": From London to Paris, and by Havre by John MacGregor (1880)
"Half-seas over—Thick night—Risky—Reckless—Tied in— Lying-to—Land ahead—Scottish replies—Sleep. SEE the sails are impatiently flapping. ..."

2. A Collection of College Words and Customs by Benjamin Homer Hall (1859)
"another, to signify some stage of inebriation : Over the bay, half seas over, hot, high, corned, cut, cocked, shaved, disguised, jammed, damaged, sleepy, ..."

3. Captive Conceits by Belle Gray Taylor (1896)
"HALF SEAS OVER. |l/I AY day at morn we sailed away * " * By the Anchor Line, adown the bay. Our great Republic we left behind With its banners flying in the ..."

4. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"Tipsy, elevated with drink, half seas over, S. WEEL то PASS, in easy circumstances, in comparative affluence, S. " Ye see, Ailie and me we're weel to pass, ..."

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