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Definition of Half-seas-over
1. Adjective. British informal for 'intoxicated'.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Half-seas-over
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, ..."